Bhishmadev Chakrabortty

Bhishmadev Chakrabortty (born 2 July 1967) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was appointed in 2015.[1]

Bhishmadev Chakrabortty
ভীষ্মদেব চক্রবর্তী
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Assumed office
12 February 2015
Personal details
Born (1967-07-02) 2 July 1967 (age 57)
NationalityBangladeshi
Parent(s)Keshab Chakrabortty (father)
Suniti Chakrabortty (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
ProfessionJudge

Early life

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Chakrabortty completed his bachelors and masters in law from the University of Dhaka.[2] He enrolled a lawyer of the district court on 11 October 1993.[2]

Career

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Chakrabortty became a lawyer of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on 28 January 1995.[2]

On 24 August 2010, Chakrabortty became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[2]

Chakrabortty on 12 February 2015 was appointed a judge on the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[2]

Chakrabortty and Justice Md Ruhul Quddus on 15 December 2015, conformed the 15 year sentence handed down to Osman Gani, former chief conservator of forest, on corruption charges.[3]

In October 2016, Chakrabortty and Justice Md Ruhul Quddus issued a verdict that said a rape accused cannot be found only on the basis of lack of medical evidence.[4]

On 9 May 2017, Chakrabortty and Justice Md Ruhul Quddus acquitted former President Hussain Mohammad Ershad in a 25 year old corruption case relating to his presidency.[5][6]

Chakrabortty and Justice Md Ruhul Quddus gave the verdict on the Murder of Biswajit Das, on 6 August 2017. They upheld the verdict of the lower court which had sentenced 8 accused to death.[7][8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  3. ^ Report, Star Online (2015-12-15). "HC upholds forest gobbler Gani's jail term". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  4. ^ Report, Star Digital (2021-11-13). "'Judge Kamrunnahar lost her ability to remain in the post'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  5. ^ "Ershad acquitted of 25-yr-old graft case". The Daily Star. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  6. ^ "High Court fixes May 9 to decide on 1991 graft case against HM Ershad". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  7. ^ "High Court upholds death for 2 of Biswajit's killers". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  8. ^ "'Student politics being stigmatised for few'". The Daily Star. 2017-11-01. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  9. ^ "Full text of Biswajit murder trial verdict released". Dhaka Tribune. November 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-28.