Ex-chief justice Md Ruhul Amin no more

Former chief justice Md Ruhul Amin died at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka early yesterday. He was 83.

He breathed his last at 4:30am while undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Justice Ruhul Amin was the 15th chief justice of Bangladesh. He has left behind his wife and two daughters.

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed suspended all judicial functions of both the Appellate and High Court Divisions yesterday in tribute to Justice Ruhul Amin, according to Supreme Court sources.

However, the administrative procedures of the SC ran as usual.

The cases enlisted in yesterday's cause list of the Appellate Division will be heard on December 1 and that of the High Court Division will be heard today.

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.

Justice Ruhul Amin's namaz-e-janaza will be held at Supreme Court's Inner Garden after Zohr prayers tomorrow, he added.