Muhammad Muzammel Hossain, born 1948 in Kishoreganj, is a Bangladeshi jurist who served as the twentieth Chief Justice of Bangladesh from 2011 to 2015. On the Appellate Division he delivered rulings on major constitutional questions, including cases concerning the killing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the fifth and thirteenth amendments to Bangladesh's constitution.
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Muzammel Hossain (born 17 January 1948) is a Bangladeshi jurist who served as the 20th Chief Justice of Bangladesh.
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Muzammel Hossain (born 17 January 1948) is a Bangladeshi jurist who served as the 20th Chief Justice of Bangladesh.
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Hossain obtained his LLB degree in 1970, MA degree in journalism in 1971 from the University of Dhaka, LLM degree from University of Sheffield in 1977 and Barrister-at-Law from Hon'ble Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, UK in 1980.
Text: Appellate Division
landmark judgments including those on the killing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the 5th and 13th amendments to the constitution
Member Of: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Career
Hossain was elevated to the post of judge of the High Court Division on 27 April 1998, and judge of the Appellate Division on 16 July 2009.
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common law, incorporating elements of English common law; since independence, statutory law has been the primary form of legislation
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