Fazilite Hon'ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Naseem Chaudhri - Former Judge of Lahore High Court, Pakistan

The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Naseem Chaudhri

Mr. Justice Muhammad Naseem Chaudhri, Judge, Lahore High Court, Lahore was born on May 01, 1938 in Fazilka, District Ferozepur (India). His late father Ch. Ali Ahmad, Advocate, started his legal practice during the year 1920 after obtaining Bachelor of Laws Degree from the Punjab University, Lahore. After the inception of Pakistan, the family migrated to Bahawalnagar. Mr. Justice Muhammad Naseem Chaudhri got his education in Montgomery (Sahiwal). He passed his Matriculation Examination with scholarship during the year 1953 from Batala Muslim High School, Sahiwal from university of the Punjab. He passed intermediate Examination with scholarship from University of the Punjab, Lahore during the year 1955. He was Chief Editor of College Journal 'Sahiwal'. He was elected as the President, Sahiwal College Union for the Sessions 1956 - 57. He passed Bachelor of Arts Examination from University of the Punjab during the year 1957. He was awarded "Honours Degree in Persian". He was awarded "Role of Honour" by Government College, Sahiwal. He did the Bachelor of Laws from University Law College, Punjab, Lahore during the year 1959. He started the Legal Practice at Bahawalnagar with his father Ch. Ali Ahmad, Advocate in 1959. He stood second in the erstwhile Province of West Pakistan in the P.C.S (Judicial Branch) Examination during the year 1963 when he was member of District Bar Association, Bahawalnagar. He joined as Civil Judge, Rahim yar khan on October 29, 1963. He was promoted as Administrative Civil Judge on June 15, 1971. He was promoted as Additional District and Sessions Judge on April 26,1973. He was promoted as District and Sessions Judge on September 22, 1980. He worked as District and Sessions Judge, Kasur, Multan, Rahim yar khan, Khanewal and Bahawalpur. He worked as Special Judge, Special Court ( Banking ), Multan as well as Special Judge (Central), Multan. He was working as District and Sessions Judge, Bahawalpur when elevated as Judge, Lahore High Court, Lahore.

He took the oath as Judge of Lahore High Court, Lahore on August 07, 1994. He compiled the "Manual of Instructions and Forms" ( 700 pages ) published by the Lahore High Court, Lahore in 1989 and was awarded "Certificate of Merit" by the Lahore High Court, Lahore. He was awarded the "Chair of Honour" by the District Bar Association, Khanewal in September 1992.

During the process of the scrutiny of the amendments in the High Court Rules and Order proposed by the Lahore High Court, Lahore; Mr. Justice Muhammad Naseem Chaudhri, while working as District and Sessions Judge, represented the High Court in the meetings of the High Powered Committee consisting of Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Home, Finance, Services General Administration, Information and Implementation and Co-ordination Departments.

Mr. Justice Muhammad Naseem Chaudhri participated for four months in Advanced Course in Shariah (Islamic Law) in Institute of Training in Shariah and Legal Profession, Islamic University, Islamabad during the year 1982, and visited Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Justice Muhammad Naseem Chaudhri has shown his keen interest in the research work. The Articles on different subjects written by him are published in different law journals of the Country. He retired on 30th April 2000.
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