Umar Ata Bandial

Umar Ata Bandial
عمرعطا بندیال
28th Chief Justice of Pakistan
In office
2 February 2022 – 16 September 2023
Nominated byImran Khan
Appointed byArif Alvi
Preceded byGulzar Ahmed
Succeeded byQazi Faez Isa
Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
In office
17 June 2014 – 16 September 2023
Preceded byArif Hussain
Chief Justice of Lahore High Court
In office
1 June 2012 – 16 June 2014
Preceded byAzmat Saeed
Succeeded byImtiaz Ahmad
Justice of the Lahore High Court
In office
4 December 2004 – 16 June 2014
Preceded byMuhammad Zafar Yasin
Succeeded byChudhery Mushtaq Ahmad
Personal details
Born (1958-09-17) 17 September 1958 (age 66)
Lahore, West Pakistan (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Parent
EducationAitchison College
Alma materColumbia University (BA)
University of Cambridge

Umar Ata Bandial (Urdu: عمر عطا بندیال, [ʊmər ətaː bənd̪jaːl]; born 17 September 1958) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 28th Chief Justice of Pakistan from February 2022 to September 2023. He was appointed as the Chief Justice after the approval by President Arif Alvi on 13 January 2022,[1] after which he assumed his office on 2 February 2022 and retired on 16 September 2023.

[2] Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, he served as a Justice of Lahore High Court[3] from 1 June 2012 to 16 June 2014.

Bandial served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan for one year, six months, and 25 days from 2 February 2022, until his retirement on 16 September 2023.[4]

  1. ^ "President approves appointment of Justice Umar Ata Bandial as CJP". ARY NEWS. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. ^ admin. "Mr. Justice Umar Ata Bandial". Supreme Court of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ Dawn.com (17 June 2014). "Justice Umar Ata Bandial takes oath as Supreme Court judge". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Six of incumbent SC judges to become CJP". The Nation. 24 February 2021. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.