Justice Obaidul Hassan of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has been appointed as the chief justice of Bangladesh.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed him as the country’s 24th chief justice, according to a gazette notification circulated by the Law Ministry on Tuesday.
Incumbent Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique is retiring on September 25.
According to the Supreme Court website, Justice Obaidul Hassan obtained a BSS (Hons) and MSS (Economics) from the University of Dhaka and later, he did LLB from the same university.
He enrolled as an advocate of the District Court on March 18, 1986, the High Court Division on October 18, 1988, and the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on August 15, 2005.
He was elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court Division on June 3, 2009, and appointed Judge of the same division on June 6, 2011.
He joined the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on September 3, 2020.
He delivered numerous judgments including judgment on Arpita Sompotti Ain, and appointment of Judges to the High Court Division.
Justice Obaidul Hassan participated in an international conference held in Hong Kong (1991) and participated in a training programme namely the "Judicial Governance Program" held in Singapore in July 2015.
He attended an International Conference on "International Crimes/State Crimes" held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 2015. He also attended a view exchange program with the Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Crimes Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in Hague, Netherlands in August 2015.
