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Justice Badar Durrez to take oath on April 1

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JAMMU: Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed, Judge of Delhi High Court who was transferred as Chief Justice of J&K High Court will take oath as 33rd Chief Justice of J&K on 1st April 2017 here at Raj Bhawan.
Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed, son of Ex-President of India Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was born on 16th March, 1956 in Shillong (Meghalaya). He studied in St Edmund’s College, Shillong and St Columba’s High School, New Delhi. He passed the Indian School Certificate Examination in 1971-1972 and was also selected for the National Science Talent Scholarship in 1972. However, he took up Economics (Hons) and graduated from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University in 1975. He passed Tripos in Economics Examination from Trinity College, Cambridge University, U.K. in 1977 and obtained the B.A (Hons) and M.A. Degrees. He was lecturer in Economics for B.A. (Hons) Second and Final Year students in St Stephen’s College, Delhi (1977-1979). At the same time, he studied for the LLB Degree which he received in 1980 from Delhi University. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 5th September 1980 with the Bar Council of Delhi and started practice in the Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court. Initially, he joined the chamber of Siddhartha Shanker Ray, Bar-at-Law (Senior Advocate) for about three years. Thereafter, he practiced law independently. In 1986, he set up a law firm under the name of “Lawyers Associated”. He was partner in the firm till March, 2000. Thereafter, practiced in the Supreme Court and other High Courts as counsel and also advised on various aspects of law relating to finance, companies, properties, banking, contracts and other areas of commercial and civil law.
Till his elevation as an additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on 20th December, 2002, he was also the Secretary of Ghalib Institute, New Delhi.

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