Debasish Roy Chowdhury

Debasish Roy Chowdhury
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 September 2026
Personal details
Born
Mohammadpur, Magura, Bangladesh
RelationsNipun Roy Chowdhury (sister)
Parents
EducationUniversity of Dhaka
ProfessionJudge

Debasish Roy Chowdhury is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court and son of MP and minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury.

Career

In December 2023, Roy and Nitai Roy Chowdhury represented Nipun Roy Chowdhury in eight cases including one over the vandalism of official residence of the chief justice during a rally of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Roy, along with 22 others, were appointed Judges of the High Court Division on 9 October 2024 following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government. He and Justice Farah Mahbub heard a petition filed by Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist challenging the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh.

References

  1. ↑ "High Court moved to investigate 50 lower court judges, clerks". Plea to probe 50 judges. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  2. ↑ "Nipun Roy Chowdhury gets anticipatory bail in 8 cases". The Daily Star. 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  3. ↑ "23 New Judges Appointed to the High Court Division". RTV Online. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  4. ↑ "HC allows BNP to place arguments". The Daily Star. 2024-10-30. Retrieved 2024-12-09.