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'''Badar Durrez Ahmed''' (born 16 March 1956 at Shillong) is the Chief Justice of the High Court of [[Jammu and Kashmir]] state in [[India]]. He took office on 01 April 2017. |
'''Badar Durrez Ahmed''' (born 16 March 1956 at Shillong) is the Chief Justice of the High Court of [[Jammu and Kashmir]] state in [[India]]. He took office on 01 April 2017. He demitted the office as Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir on 16th March 2018 |
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== Early and personal life == |
== Early and personal life == |
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Badar Durrez Ahmed (born 16 March 1956 at Shillong) is the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir state in India. He took office on 01 April 2017. He demitted the office as Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir on 16th March 2018
Early and personal life
Ahmed was born in 1956, the son of Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed who was President of India (24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977)[1] by his wife, Abida Begum, a lady from Haldoi. His family is related to the royal family of Loharu and to the famous Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.
Ahmed is married to Saba Begum (born on 2 February 1959), younger daughter of Nawab Sayyid Zulfikar Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Rampur, by his first wife Begum Noor Bano, a politician belonging to the Congress Party. The couple has one daughter and one son.[2]
Ahmad is presently the Secretary of the Ghalib Institute.
Career
Earlier he was a Lecturer in Economics St Stephen's Coll, Delhi Univ 1977-1979. he enrolled as an Advocate 1980, served in chambers of Siddhartha Shanker Ray 1980-1983, practised independently 1983-1986, partner "Lawyers Associated" 1986-2000. His Lordship was a Judge of the Delhi High Court.[3] He has been a Judge of the Delhi High Court since 2002. He demitted the Office of The Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir on 16 March 2018.
In his eleven month tenure as Chief Justice of The State of Jammu and Kashmir he delivered a landmark judgment wherein he acquitted the accused Subhash Chander Sharma who was sentenced to death under section 302 RPC and 498A RPC. Subhash Chander Sharma was pleading his own case. The Judgment was dictated in open court on the same day. The link of the case is http://lobis.nic.in/ddir/jk/BDA/judgement/12-03-2018/BDA08032018CRA382011.pdf
References
- ^ http://presidentofindia.nic.in/formerpresidents.html, p.4
- ^ Christopher Buyers, March 2004 - February 2011, p.5
- ^ delhihighcourt.nic.in