Bangladesh gets its first Hindu Chief Justice
13 Jan 2015 1:08 AM GMT
Justice S K Sinha was on Monday appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh to become the first Hindu to hold the highest judicial post in the Muslim-majority country.
President Mohammad Abdul Hamid appointed Sinha, the senior most judge of the apex court, as its Chief Justice who will have a term of a little over three years. He is the first non-Muslim to become the country’s top judge. 64-year-old Sinha will take over on January 17 with the present Chief Justice Muzammel Hossain retiring on January 16 on reaching 67, the retirement age for Supreme Court judges in Bangladesh, a Law Ministry statement said.
Sinha is known for a number of landmark judgements including those on the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He has also been an appeals judge in the on-going war crimes trials linked to the country’s 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.
President Mohammad Abdul Hamid appointed Sinha, the senior most judge of the apex court, as its Chief Justice who will have a term of a little over three years. He is the first non-Muslim to become the country’s top judge. 64-year-old Sinha will take over on January 17 with the present Chief Justice Muzammel Hossain retiring on January 16 on reaching 67, the retirement age for Supreme Court judges in Bangladesh, a Law Ministry statement said.
Sinha is known for a number of landmark judgements including those on the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He has also been an appeals judge in the on-going war crimes trials linked to the country’s 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.
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