A._B._M._Khairul_Haque

A. B. M. Khairul Haque

A. B. M. Khairul Haque

19th Chief Justice of Bangladesh

A. B. M. Khairul Haque (born 18 May 1944)[1] is a Bangladeshi jurist,[2] who served as the 19th Chief Justice of Bangladesh and the current chief of Bangladesh Law Commission.[3] Acclaimed for delivering verdicts in the Bengali language, he played a pivotal role to implement Bengali in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.[4]

Quick Facts 19th Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Appointed by ...

Career

Haque delivered the verdict which declared the Caretaker Government illegal and unconstitutional.[5] He was made Chairman of Law Commission on 23 June 2013 for a term of three years.[6] He called for trial of Pakistani soldiers for war crimes committed during Bangladesh Liberation War.[7]

Leading Judgments

  • Abdul Mannan Khan v Government of Bangladesh (declaring caretaker government unconstitutional)
  • Siddiq Ahmed v Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Italian Marble Works v Government of Bangladesh

References

  1. [1]
    "Law Commission". lc.gov.bd. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. [2]
    "BNP leader Moudud Ahmed accuses former chief justice Khairul Haque of betraying country". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Law Commission chairman feels Bangladesh laws not used well". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. [4]
    বাংলা ভাষা প্রচলন আইন বাস্তবায়ন করতে হবে. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Ex CJ Khairul Haque reappointed as law commission chair". The Daily Star. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Khairul Haque reappointed Law Commission chairman for another three years". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. [7]
    "ABM Khairul Haque demands trial of Pakistani war criminals". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article A._B._M._Khairul_Haque, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.