Former Chief Justice Ruhul Amin passes away

Former Chief Justice Ruhul Amin has passed away (Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi Rajiun). He was 83.

He breathed his last around 4:30am on Sunday (November 24) while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital.

Supreme Court administration confirmed the information.

Ruhul Amin had been suffering from old-age complications for long.

All judicial activities of both the Appellate and High Court Divisions will remain suspended for today in tribute to Justice Ruhul Amin.

However, all administrative functions of the Supreme Court Registry will continue as usual.

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed expressed deep shock at the death of Justice Ruhul Amin and prayed for salvation and eternal peace of his departed soul and conveyed sympathy to his bereaved family members.

Ruhul Amin was born into a noble family in Lakhsmipur on 1 June, 1941. He obtained his bachelors in Political Science from Dhaka University in 1962 and LL.B in 1965.

Ruhul Amin was listed as a lawyer of the then East Pakistan High Court in 1966 and a lawyer of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1981.

On 18 February, 1992, Ruhul Amin was appointed as a High Court justice of the Supreme Court. He joined the Appellate Division as a justice on 11 January, 2001.

Ruhul Amin performed his duties as the 15th chief justice of Bangladesh from 1 March, 2007 to 31 may, 2008.