Public Office, Eligibility, and Quo Warranto in the Appointment of a Nikah Registrar: A Study of Abdul Karim v. Government of Bangladesh and others (Writ Petition No. 9637 of 2012)
Public Office, Eligibility, and Quo Warranto in the Appointment of a Nikah Registrar: A Study of Abdul Karim v. Government of Bangladesh and others (Writ Petition No. 9637 of 2012) Abstract This decision of the High Court Division addresses a question of lasting practical importance in Bangladesh administrative and constitutional law: whether a person disqualified by age under the Muslim Marriages and Divorces (Registration) Rules, 2009 can lawfully be appointed as a Nikah Registrar, and whether such appointment may be challenged by a writ of quo warranto. The Court held that the age requirement in Rule 8(Kha) is mandatory; that the date of birth appearing in the Board-issued certificate prevails over a contrary affidavit; that the impugned appointment was made without lawful authority; and that a Nikah Registrar holds a form of public office, making a writ of quo warranto maintainable. 1. Introduction The judgment delivered on 26.02.2026 by a Division Bench comprising Mr....
