Chief Justice of Bangladesh

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The Chief Justice of Bangladesh is the head of the country's judiciary and Supreme Court, overseeing the administration of justice and serving as the highest-ranking judicial authority.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chief Justice of Bangladesh canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appointedBy President of Bangladesh ⓘ
appointeeMustBe citizen of Bangladesh ⓘ
qualified to be a judge of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
branch judicial branch ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy President of Bangladesh ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Article 94 of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
Article 95 of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
Article 96 of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
firstHolder Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem ⓘ
formationYear 1972 ⓘ
hasAuthority assign judges to different benches ⓘ
control the roster of cases in the Supreme Court ⓘ
exercise administrative control over the High Court Division ⓘ
headOf Judiciary of Bangladesh ⓘ
Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
jurisdiction Bangladesh ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ⓘ
memberOf Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage bn ⓘ
officeLocation Supreme Court Building, Ramna, Dhaka ⓘ
officeType non-elective ⓘ
oversees Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
participatesIn judicial appointments process ⓘ
partOf Government of Bangladesh ⓘ
playsRoleIn judicial review of legislation ⓘ
upholding the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
predecessorOffice Chief Justice of East Pakistan ⓘ
rank highest-ranking judicial officer in Bangladesh ⓘ
removalProcess on recommendation of the Supreme Judicial Council ⓘ
reportsTo Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
residence Dhaka ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of justice in Bangladesh ⓘ
allocation of judicial business in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
constitution of benches of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
overall administration of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
supervision of subordinate courts ⓘ
retirementAge 67 ⓘ
seat Dhaka ⓘ
Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
selectionMethod presidential appointment from among judges of the Supreme Court ⓘ
style The Honourable Chief Justice ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice
symbolizes independence of the judiciary in Bangladesh ⓘ
termLength until age 67 ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Bangladesh → appoints → Chief Justice of Bangladesh ⓘ
President of Bangladesh → oathAdministeredBy → Chief Justice of Bangladesh ⓘ
Supreme Court of Bangladesh → composition → Chief Justice of Bangladesh ⓘ
Judiciary of Bangladesh → overseenBy → Chief Justice of Bangladesh ⓘ
Judiciary of Bangladesh → headOfJudiciary → Chief Justice of Bangladesh ⓘ