Chief Justice of Bangladesh

Chief Justice of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের প্রধান বিচারপত
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Incumbent Surendra Kumar Sinha since 17 January 2015
Style	The Honourable
Residence	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Appointer	President of Bangladesh
Inaugural holder	Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem
Formation	1972
Website	supremecourt.gov.bd

The Chief Justice of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের প্রধান বিচারপতি — Bānglādēśhēr Prodhān Bichārpoti) is the chief amongst the judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and also head of the whole judicial establishments, including subordinate courts. The Chief Justice is appointed by The President of Bangladesh, who sits in the Appellate Division with other judges to hear and decide cases. Chief Justice presides over full court meetings to transact business relating to the administration of the Supreme Court, and control discipline of the judges and magistrates of the subordinate courts. Most rules for regulating the practice and procedure of both the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court (including subordinate courts) including those specified in certain legislative acts, such as the Companies Act 1994 and the Banking Companies Act 1991, are also duly scrutinized and approved in full court meetings presided over by the Chief Justice. He also distributes judicial business of the High Court Division by constituting different benches to exercise its original, appellate and revisable jurisdictions.

Administrative control (including the power of creation of post, promotion and grant of leave) and discipline of the judges and magistrates of the subordinate courts is exercised by the President in consultation with the Supreme Court and urgent matters relating thereto are dispensed with in consultation with the Chief Justice.

List of Chief Justices of Bangladesh

Number	Name	Period of office		Duration (days)	Appointing president
1	Justice Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem	16 December 1972	5 November 1975	1054	Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
2	Justice Syed A.B. Mahmud Husain	18 November 1975	31 January 1978	805	Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem
3	Justice Kemaluddin Hossain	1 February 1978	11 April 1982	1530	Ziaur Rahman
4	Justice F.K.M. Munim	12 April 1982	30 November 1989	2789	Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
5	Justice Badrul Haider Chowdhury	1 December 1989	1 January 1990	31	Hussain Muhammad Ershad
6	Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed	14 January 1990	31 January 1995	1843
7	Justice M.H. Rahman	1 February 1995	30 April 1995	88	Abdur Rahman Biswas
8	Justice A.T.M Afzal	1 May 1995	31 May 1999	1491
9	Justice Mustafa Kamal	1 June 1999	31 December 1999	213	Shahabuddin Ahmed
10	Justice Latifur Rahman	1 January 2000	28 February 2001	424
11	Justice Mahmudul Amin Choudhury	1 March 2001	17 June 2002	473
12	Justice Mainur Reza Choudhury	18 June 2002	22 June 2003	369	Badruddoza Chowdhury
13	Justice Khondokar Mahmud Hasan	23 June 2003	26 January 2004	217	Iajuddin Ahmed
14	Justice Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain	27 January 2004	28 February 2007	1128
15	Justice Md. Ruhul Amin	1 March 2007	31 May 2008	457
16	Mr. Justice M M Ruhul Amin	1 June 2008	22 December 2009	569
17	Justice Md. Tafazzul Islam	23 December 2009	7 February 2010	46	Zillur Rahman
18	Mr. Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim	8 February 2010	30 September 2010	234
19	Justice A.B.M. Khairul Haque	1 October 2010	17 May 2011	228
20	Justice Md. Muzammel Hossain	18 May 2011	16 January 2015	1339
21	Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha	17 January 2015	Incumbent	+	Abdul Hamid

See also

• Supreme Court of Bangladesh
• Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
• Chief Adviser

References

• Chief Justice. Banglapedia (National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh)