Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed

Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed
چودھری اعجاز احمد
Justice Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 13, 2005
Chief Justice Lahore High Court
In office
May 28, 1997 – September 13, 2005
Personal details
Born May 5, 1945
Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani

Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed (Urdu: چودھری اعجاز احمد) is a justice in the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former justice of Lahore High Court.

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Early life

Mr. Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed was born on May 5, 1945 in Chak No. 15. SB, Tehsil Bhalwal District Sargodha. He belongs to an agriculturist family.[1]

Education and training

He passed his Graduation of Science as a Student of Islamia College, Civil Lines Lahore and also did his LL.B. from the University of Punjab, Lahore.[1]

Professional career

Ijaz Ahmed entered legal profession by joining Mr. S.M.Zafar and later on established his own office under the name and style of Ijaz Law Associates. He entered as Advocate of subordinate Courts in 1973, advocate of the High Court in 1975 and advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1981.[1]

He was Deputy Attorney General for Pakistan from August 26, 1990 till November 3, 1995.[1]

He also have served as legal adviser to[1]:

Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed was on the Panel of Advocates of[1]:

He also acted as Honorary Legal Adviser to[1]:

He served as a part time Lecturer in the University Law College Lahore and Civil Services Academy Lahore.[1]

He was elected as General Secretary Lahore High Court Bar Association in 1985 and was a member of Executive Committee Lahore High Court Bar Association in 1979 and 1987. He was member Publication Committee High Court Bar Association Lahore and a Joint Secretary Pakistan, Young Lawyers Forum in 1975. Ijaz Ahmed have also acted as Secretary (Legal) Anjuman-e-Tuhaffiz-e-Haqooq-e-Insani in 1978 and was Joint Secretary of Forum Civil Liberties in 1979.[1]

Ijaz Ahmed Secretary General and remained Vice President Human Rights Society of Pakistan.[1]

He is author of four books[1]:

  1. Separation and Independence of Judiciary
  2. Fikr-o Nazar
  3. Manual of Election Laws
  4. Supreme Court References

He represented Pakistan at the Second International Conference on training of judiciary held at Ottawa (Canada) and contributed a paper on the topic “Methods of Educating newly appointed Judges” (PLD 2005 Journal Page 1).[1]

Ijaz Ahmed was elevated as Judge of the Lahore High Court on May 28, 1997. He was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 1September 14, 2005 while he was acting Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, Lahore.[1]

He retired on 4 May 2010 from Supreme Court.

He is settled in DHA Lahore.

He is married and has one son Bilal Ijaz who wants to follow in the foot steps of his father but up till now has not been successful.He also has 3 daughters.

Important cases

Controversies

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