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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Badar Durrez Ahmed&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 16 March 1956 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;at Shillong&lt;/del&gt;) is an Indian &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Judge&lt;/del&gt;. He is former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]] and [[Judge]] of [[Delhi High Court]]. He has served as [[Chief Justice|Acting Chief Justice]] of [[Delhi High Court]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;for two times&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Badar Durrez Ahmed&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 16 March 1956) is an Indian &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;judge&lt;/ins&gt;. He is former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]] and [[Judge]] of [[Delhi High Court]]. He has served as [[Chief Justice|Acting Chief Justice]] of [[Delhi High Court]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;twice. Ahmed is presently the Secretary of the Ghalib Institute&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Early and personal life ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Early and personal life ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ahmed was born in 1956, the son of Dr. [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]] who was [[President of India]] (24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://presidentofindia.nic.in/formerpresidents.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210120916/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/formerpresidents.html |date=10 December 2008 }}, p.4&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; by his wife, Abida Begum, a lady from Haldoi. His family is related to the royal family of [[Loharu State|Loharu]] and to the famous Urdu poet [[Mirza Ghalib]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ahmed was born in 1956 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]]&lt;/ins&gt;, the son of Dr. [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]] who was [[President of India]] (24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://presidentofindia.nic.in/formerpresidents.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210120916/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/formerpresidents.html |date=10 December 2008 }}, p.4&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; by his wife, Abida Begum, a lady from Haldoi. His family is related to the royal family of [[Loharu State|Loharu]] and to the famous Urdu poet [[Mirza Ghalib]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ahmed is married to Saba Begum (born on 2 February 1959), younger daughter of [[Zulfikar Ali Khan|Nawab Sayyid Zulfikar Ali Khan Bahadur]], Nawab of [[Rampur State|Rampur]], by his first wife [[Noor Bano (politician)|Begum Noor Bano]], a politician belonging to the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]. The couple has one daughter and one son.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Christopher Buyers, March 2004 - February 2011, p.5&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ahmed is married to Saba Begum (born on 2 February 1959), younger daughter of [[Zulfikar Ali Khan|Nawab Sayyid Zulfikar Ali Khan Bahadur]], Nawab of [[Rampur State|Rampur]], by his first wife [[Noor Bano (politician)|Begum Noor Bano]], a politician belonging to the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]. The couple has one daughter and one son.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Christopher Buyers, March 2004 - February 2011, p.5&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ahmad is presently &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Secretary &lt;/del&gt;of the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ghalib Institute&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;==Career==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Earlier he was a Lecturer in Economics St Stephen&#039;s Coll, Delhi University from 1977 to 1979. he enrolled as an advocate in 1980 and served in &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;chambers &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]] from 1980 to 1983. He practised independently between 1983 and 1986, and became a partner in &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;law firm &quot;Lawyers Associated&quot; in 1986, remaining in that position until 2000&lt;/ins&gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;==Career==&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In 2002, Badar Durrez &lt;/ins&gt;was &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;appointed &lt;/ins&gt;a &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;judge of the [[&lt;/ins&gt;Delhi &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;High Court]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;delhihighcourt.nic&lt;/ins&gt;.in&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He &lt;/ins&gt;served in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;that position for fifteen years, before being appointed Chief Justice of &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;High Court &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Jammu and Kashmir. He served as Chief Justice &lt;/ins&gt;from &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1 April 2017 &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;16 March 2018 &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;retired after &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;latter date&lt;/ins&gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Earlier he &lt;/del&gt;was a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Lecturer in Economics St Stephen&#039;s Coll, &lt;/del&gt;Delhi &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Univ 1977-1979&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;he enrolled as an Advocate &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1980 and &lt;/del&gt;served in the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;chambers &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]] &lt;/del&gt;from &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1980 &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1983. He practised independently between 1983 &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1986, and became a partner in &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;law firm &quot;Lawyers Associated&quot; in 1986, remaining in that position until 2000&lt;/del&gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In 2002&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Badar Durrez &lt;/del&gt;was &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;appointed a &lt;/del&gt;Judge &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;of &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Delhi &lt;/del&gt;High Court&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;delhihighcourt&lt;/del&gt;.nic.in&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref&amp;gt; He served in that position for fifteen years, before being appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;He served as Chief Justice from 1 April 2017 to 16 March 2018 and retired &lt;/del&gt;in the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;latter date&lt;/del&gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;During his eleven-month tenure as Chief Justice of the state of Jammu and Kashmir&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;he delivered a landmark judgment wherein he acquitted the accused Subhash Chander Sharma, who &lt;/ins&gt;was &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sentenced to death under section 302 RPC and 498A RPC by the Sessions &lt;/ins&gt;Judge&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, Jammu. Subhash Chander Sharma was pleading his own case in &lt;/ins&gt;the High Court. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[http://lobis&lt;/ins&gt;.nic.in/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ddir/jk/BDA/judgement/12-03-2018/BDA08032018CRA382011&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pdf The judgment] was dictated &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;open court on &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;same day&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;During his eleven month tenure as Chief Justice of The State of Jammu and Kashmir, he delivered a landmark judgment wherein he acquitted the accused Subhash Chander Sharma, who was sentenced to death under section 302 RPC and 498A RPC by the Sessions Judge, Jammu. Subhash Chander Sharma was pleading his own case in the High Court. The Judgment was dictated in open court on the same day. The link of the case is [http://lobis.nic.in/ddir/jk/BDA/judgement/12-03-2018/BDA08032018CRA382011.pdf here]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;== References ==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Reflist}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==External links==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==External links==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://indiankanoon.org/search/?formInput=badar%20durrez%20ahmed%20&amp;amp;pagenum=1 JUDGMENTS, Badar Durrez Ahmed]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://indiankanoon.org/search/?formInput=badar%20durrez%20ahmed%20&amp;amp;pagenum=1 JUDGMENTS, Badar Durrez Ahmed]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;== References ==&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Reflist}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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| office      = [[Chief Justice]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| term_end    = 15 March 2018&lt;br /&gt;
| nominator   = [[J. S. Khehar]]&lt;br /&gt;
| appointer   = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Badar Durrez Ahmed&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 16 March 1956 at Shillong) is an Indian Judge. He is former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]] and [[Judge]] of [[Delhi High Court]]. He has served as [[Chief Justice|Acting Chief Justice]] of [[Delhi High Court]] for two times.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Early and personal life ==&lt;br /&gt;
Ahmed was born in 1956, the son of Dr. [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]] who was [[President of India]] (24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://presidentofindia.nic.in/formerpresidents.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210120916/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/formerpresidents.html |date=10 December 2008 }}, p.4&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; by his wife, Abida Begum, a lady from Haldoi. His family is related to the royal family of [[Loharu State|Loharu]] and to the famous Urdu poet [[Mirza Ghalib]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Ahmed is married to Saba Begum (born on 2 February 1959), younger daughter of [[Zulfikar Ali Khan|Nawab Sayyid Zulfikar Ali Khan Bahadur]], Nawab of [[Rampur State|Rampur]], by his first wife [[Noor Bano (politician)|Begum Noor Bano]], a politician belonging to the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]. The couple has one daughter and one son.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Christopher Buyers, March 2004 - February 2011, p.5&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Ahmad is presently the Secretary of the Ghalib Institute.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Career==&lt;br /&gt;
Earlier he was a Lecturer in Economics St Stephen&amp;#039;s Coll, Delhi Univ 1977-1979. he enrolled as an Advocate in 1980 and served in the chambers of [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]] from 1980 to 1983. He practised independently between 1983 and 1986, and became a partner in the law firm &amp;quot;Lawyers Associated&amp;quot; in 1986, remaining in that position until 2000. &lt;br /&gt;
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In 2002, Badar Durrez was appointed a Judge of the [[Delhi High Court]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;delhihighcourt.nic.in&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He served in that position for fifteen years, before being appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir. He served as Chief Justice from 1 April 2017 to 16 March 2018 and retired in the latter date. &lt;br /&gt;
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During his eleven month tenure as Chief Justice of The State of Jammu and Kashmir, he delivered a landmark judgment wherein he acquitted the accused Subhash Chander Sharma, who was sentenced to death under section 302 RPC and 498A RPC by the Sessions Judge, Jammu. Subhash Chander Sharma was pleading his own case in the High Court. The Judgment was dictated in open court on the same day. The link of the case is [http://lobis.nic.in/ddir/jk/BDA/judgement/12-03-2018/BDA08032018CRA382011.pdf here]&lt;br /&gt;
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* [https://indiankanoon.org/search/?formInput=badar%20durrez%20ahmed%20&amp;amp;pagenum=1 JUDGMENTS, Badar Durrez Ahmed]&lt;br /&gt;
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