Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry (judge, born 1945) explained

Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry (judge, born 1945) should not be confused with Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry (judge, born 1950).

Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed
چودھری اعجاز احمد
Nationality:Pakistani
Birth Date:5 May 1945
Birth Place:Pakistan
Order:Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Term Start:September 14, 2005
Term End:May 4, 2010
Order2:Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court
Term Start2:May 28, 1997
Term End2:September 13, 2005

Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed (May 5, 1945 – October 11, 2015) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and of the Lahore High Court.

Early life

Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed was born on May 5, 1945, in Chak No. 15. SB, Bhalwal Tehsil, Sargodha District. He belongs to an agriculturist family.[1]

Education and training

He graduated from Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore and then did his LL.B. from the University of Punjab, Lahore.[1]

Professional career

Ijaz Ahmed entered legal profession by joining Mr. S. M. Zafar, and later established his own office under the name and style of Ijaz Law Associates. He entered as Advocate of subordinate Courts in 1973, advocate of the High Court in 1975, and advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1981.[1]

He was Deputy Attorney General for Pakistan from August 26, 1990, till November 3, 1995.[1]

He also served as legal adviser to:[1]

Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed was on the Panel of Advocates of:[1]

He also acted as Honorary Legal Adviser to:[1]

He served as a part-time Lecturer in the University Law College Lahore and Civil Services Academy Lahore.[1]

He was elected as General Secretary Lahore High Court Bar Association in 1985 and was a member of Executive Committee Lahore High Court Bar Association in 1979 and 1987. He was a member of the Publication Committee High Court Bar Association Lahore and Joint Secretary Pakistan, Young Lawyers Forum in 1975. Ijaz Ahmed also acted as Secretary (Legal) Anjuman-e-Tuhaffiz-e-Haqooq-e-Insani in 1978 and was Joint Secretary of Forum Civil Liberties in 1979.[1]

Ijaz Ahmed was Secretary General and remained Vice President of the Human Rights Society of Pakistan.[1]

He is the author of four books:[1]

  1. Separation and Independence of Judiciary
  2. Fikr-o Nazar
  3. Manual of Election Laws
  4. Supreme Court References

He represented Pakistan at the Second International Conference on training of the judiciary held at Ottawa, Canada, and contributed a paper on the topic “Methods of Educating newly appointed Judges” (PLD 2005 Journal Page 1).[1]

Ijaz Ahmed was elevated as Judge of the Lahore High Court on May 28, 1997. He was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 1 September 14, 2005, while he was acting Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, Lahore.[1]

He retired from the Supreme Court[2] on 4 May 2010.[3]

Personal life

He was settled in DHA Lahore. He was married and had one son and three daughters. His elder daughter, Nausheen Ijaz, is married to son of former Shariat court Chief Justice Zafar Yaseen.

He died on October 11, 2015, and was laid to rest on October 13.

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.supremecourt.gov.pk/web/user_files/File/Supreme_Court_Report_Golden_Jubilee_Edition_2006.pdf Supreme Court Report Golden Jubilee Edition 2006
  2. News: National Judicial Commission: Supreme Court call-up for Justice Sarmad Osmany . 26 February 2020 . The Express Tribune . 23 January 2011 . After the retirement of Justices Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed….
  3. Web site: Annual report 2015–2016 . Supreme Court of Pakistan . 26 February 2020 . 223 . PDF . https://web.archive.org/web/20200226132854/https://www.supremecourt.gov.pk/downloads_judgements/all_downloads/annual_reports/SCP_Annual_Report_2015_2016_.pdf . 26 February 2020 . live .