Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury | |
Native Name: | জুবায়ের রহমান চৌধুরী |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Justice of the Appellate Division, Supreme Court |
Term Start: | 13 August 2024 |
Office2: | Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh |
Term Start2: | August 2003 |
Birth Date: | 18 May 1961 |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Parents: | Late Justice A.F.M. Abdur Rahman Chowdhury (father) Begum Sitara Chowdhury (mother) |
Profession: | Judge |
Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury (born 18 May 1961) is a justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] [2]
Chowdhury was born on 18 May 1961.[3] Hs father was Justice A. F. M. Abdur Rahman Chowdhury. He completed his bachelors and masters in law from the University of Dhaka.
Chowdhury started working as a lawyer on 3 March 1985. He was elevated to a lawyer of the High Court Division on 17 May 1987.
On 27 August 2003, Chowdhury was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[4] His appointment to the High Court Division became permanent on 27 August 2005.
On 28 July 2008, Chowdhury and 18 other judges opposed a High Court Division verdict that called for judges whose appointment was not confirmed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to be confirmed.
On 7 January 2010, Chowdhury and Justice Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar issued an order stating it was illegal for the government to make a civil servant an officer on special duty for more than 150 days illegal.[5]
On 10 January 2021, Chowdhury and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque issued a order which stated that women cannot become marriage registrars.[6]