DHAKA: The oath-taking ceremony of new Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain was held at Bangabhaban in the evening on Saturday (February 03).
 
President Md Abdul Hamid administered the oath to the new Chief Justice at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at about 7:00 pm.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former chief justices, cabinet members, judges of the Supreme Court, among others, were present in the oath taking ceremony. Cabinet Secretary Momammad Shafiul Alam conducted the oath taking ceremony.

The chief justice post fell vacant after Justice SK Sinha resigned on November 10 last year amid criticism by the ruling party over a verdict that scrapped a constitutional amendment.

Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, the most senior judge of the Appellate Division, had been performing duty as the Chief Justice from October 03 following SK Sinha’s resignation.

President Abdul Hamid appointed Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain as the 22nd chief justice of Bangladesh on Friday (February 02).

Mahmud Hossain was appointed an additional High Court judge in February 2001. Before the High Court appointment, he had been serving as a deputy attorney general from December 1999.

Born on Dec 31 in 1954 in Comilla, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain started practicing law in 1981 and two years later went on to practice in the High Court.

BDST: 2002 HRS, FEB 03, 2017
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