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Bangladesh Bar Council (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ বার কাউন্সিল) is a statutory autonomous body in Bangladesh, established under the Legal Practitioners and the Bar Council Order. [2] [3] It is the licensing and Regulatory body for lawyers in Bangladesh. [4]
On 13 March 2021, Abdul Matin Khasru, Member of Parliament and former Minister, was elected President of the association. [15] After the death of Abdul Matin Khasru, in a Special General Meeting held on 04.05.2021 A. M Amin Uddin, Senior Advocate has been elected as President of the Supreme Court Bar Association for the third time. [16]
The bar association is regulated by the Bangladesh Bar Council Order. [1] Members of this association have gone on to become the Chief Justice of Bangladesh, members of the National Parliament of Bangladesh, and members of the Assam Parliament.
In April 2024, AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon was removed from senior vice-president post of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum after he was elected president of Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association. [14] He had taken leadership of the Bar association against the wishes of the forum leadership. [14]
He is a member of the Dhaka Bar Association and the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association. [3] From 2007 to 2014, he was an honorary director of the South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies. [5]
The Bangladesh Bar Council and the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association are the leading lawyers' societies in the country. The Dhaka Bar Association is the largest Bar Association of Asia regarding members. Many of Asia's leading lawyers. such as former Amnesty International chief Irene Khan, have been Bangladeshi.
Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association; J. Judicial Administration Training Institute; L. Law Commission of Bangladesh; S. Sylhet District Bar Association
A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. [1] The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing (bar) to separate the area in which court or legal profession business is done from the viewing area for the general public or students of the law.