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Imam Hossain Choudhury

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Imam Hossain Choudhury
ইমাম হোসেন চৌধুরী
Chief Justice Dacca High Court
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

Imam Hossain Choudhury was the chief justice of Dhaka High Court of East Pakistan.[1][2]

Early life

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Choudhury was born in 1905 in Bhatiary, Chittagong District, East Bengal, British India.[3] He graduated from Chittagong Government College.[3]

Career

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Choudhury was an additional judge of the High Court in 1951.[4]

In 1960, Justice Imam Hossain Choudhury succeeded Justice Mirza Ali Ispahani as the chief justice of East Pakistan.[5] He praised Rabindranath Tagore at a time when his works were under attack in East Pakistan.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Pakistan Law Reports: Dacca series. Government of East Bengal. 1961.
  2. ^ Masud, Chowdhury A. T. M. (2005). Reminiscence of Few Decades and Problems of Democracy in Bangladesh. Academic Press and Publishers Library. p. 102. ISBN 978-984-08-0198-5.
  3. ^ a b Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan. 1960. p. 108.
  4. ^ Judicature, East Pakistan (Pakistan) High Court of (1951). Report on the Administration of Civil Justice.
  5. ^ Pakistan Affairs. Information Division, Embassy of Pakistan. 1960.
  6. ^ Rahamāna, Phajalura (1990). Culture Conflicts in East Pakistan, 1947-1971: A Study in the Attitude of Bengali Muslim Intelligentsia Towards Bengali Literature and Islam. Sejuty Prokashani. p. 145.