Ex-Chief Justice Ruhul Amin dies at 83

Former Chief Justice Md. Ruhul Amin

Dhaka, Nov 24 - Former Chief Justice Md. Ruhul Amin died at a city hospital while undergoing treatment early Sunday. He was 83.

The former Chief Justice breathed his last at 4:30am at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. The ex-chief justice had been suffering from old age complications for a long time.

As per the tradition, judicial activities at both High Court and Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court (SC) remain suspended on Sunday, but administrative activities are going on, said a condolence message sent from the SC.

His Janaza prayer will be held after Jhuhr namaz in the inner courtyard of the main building of the SC.

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has expressed deep grief over the death of Ruhul Amin and expressed his sincere condolences to the bereaved family.

The former chief justice was born on June 1, 1941 in a noble family of Lakshmipur. He completed his MA degree in Political Science from Dhaka University in 1962 and earned an LLB degree in 1965.

In 1966 he was enrolled as a lawyer in the then East Pakistan High Court and later in 1981 as a lawyer in the Appellate Division of the SC.

On February 18, 1992, he was appointed as a judge of the High Court and as judge of Appellate Division on 11 January in 2000.

Ruhul Amin was the 15th Chief Justice of the country and performed duty from March 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008.-UNB