Staff Reporter :
Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain took oath as the 22nd Chief Justice of the country on Saturday evening.
President Md Abdul Hamid administered the oath around 7.00 am at Bangabhaban in presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Justice Mahmud Hossain succeeds Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha who resigned his post last November.
Senior members of the Cabinet, Judges and lawyers of the both divisions of the Supreme Court, civil and military officials were also present on the occasion.
The Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam conducted the ceremony.
The President on Friday appointed Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, the second senior most judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, as the new Chief Justice (CJ) of the country.
The then senior most Judge of the Supreme Court Appellate Division, Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah resigned Friday immediately after the government announcement that President Abdul Hamid has appointed the second senior most Judge of the Appellate Division Syed Mahmud Hossain as Chief Justice at noon superceding him.
He was performing the duty of the Chief Justice in absence
of a regular Chief Justice.
The post of the Chief Justice fell vacant after Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha resigned.
Born on December 31 in 1954 in the district of Comilla, Justice Mahmud obtained BSc, LLB and completed six-month long “Commonwealth Young Lawyers Course” from the School of Oriental African Studies and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, both parts of London University.
He was enrolled as an advocate of the District Court and the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in the year of 1981 and 1983 respectively. Mahmud Hossain also acted as Deputy Attorney General from December, 1999 till elevation to the Bench.
He was elevated as an additional judge of the High Court Division on February 22 in 2001 and was appointed permanent judge on February 22 in 2003. Later he was moved to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on February 23 in 2011.
In 2012, Mahmud visited courts of Canada and USA under the Judicial Strengthening (JUST) Project supported by UNDP to share experience and exchange views with judges of those countries for improving justice delivery system.
As per birth date, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain will be in the post till December 30 in 2021.
Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain took oath as the 22nd Chief Justice of the country on Saturday evening.
President Md Abdul Hamid administered the oath around 7.00 am at Bangabhaban in presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Justice Mahmud Hossain succeeds Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha who resigned his post last November.
Senior members of the Cabinet, Judges and lawyers of the both divisions of the Supreme Court, civil and military officials were also present on the occasion.
The Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam conducted the ceremony.
The President on Friday appointed Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, the second senior most judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, as the new Chief Justice (CJ) of the country.
The then senior most Judge of the Supreme Court Appellate Division, Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah resigned Friday immediately after the government announcement that President Abdul Hamid has appointed the second senior most Judge of the Appellate Division Syed Mahmud Hossain as Chief Justice at noon superceding him.
He was performing the duty of the Chief Justice in absence
of a regular Chief Justice.
The post of the Chief Justice fell vacant after Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha resigned.
Born on December 31 in 1954 in the district of Comilla, Justice Mahmud obtained BSc, LLB and completed six-month long “Commonwealth Young Lawyers Course” from the School of Oriental African Studies and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, both parts of London University.
He was enrolled as an advocate of the District Court and the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in the year of 1981 and 1983 respectively. Mahmud Hossain also acted as Deputy Attorney General from December, 1999 till elevation to the Bench.
He was elevated as an additional judge of the High Court Division on February 22 in 2001 and was appointed permanent judge on February 22 in 2003. Later he was moved to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on February 23 in 2011.
In 2012, Mahmud visited courts of Canada and USA under the Judicial Strengthening (JUST) Project supported by UNDP to share experience and exchange views with judges of those countries for improving justice delivery system.
As per birth date, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain will be in the post till December 30 in 2021.
