Ex-CJ Mahmudul Amin Chy passes away
Former chief justice Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury passed away in Dhaka yesterday afternoon due to old age complications. He was 85.
Justice Mahmudul breathed his last at his Dhanmondi home, Supreme Court Spokesmen Md Saifur Rahman told The Daily Star.
He left behind two daughters, a son and a host of well-wishers to mourn his death, he said.
His body will be kept at the SC premises this morning to allow people to pay their last respects to the departed soul.
His namaz-e-janaza will be held there at 10:30am.
The former justice will be laid to eternal rest at the graveyard adjacent to the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) in Sylhet.
Mahmudul Amin was the 11th chief justice of the country who served from March 1, 2001, to June 17, 2002.
Born in Sylhet on June 18, 1937, Mahmudul Amin passed matriculation from Sylhet Government Pilot High School and graduation from MC College, Sylhet.
Subsequently, he took a bachelor’s degree in Law at Dhaka City Law College.
He started his career as a lawyer in Sylhet district bar in 1960 and was appointed as a judge at the High Court in 1987. He was appointed as an Appellate Division judge in 1999.
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Attorney General Mahbubey Alam expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Mahmudul and prayed for the salvation of the departed soul.
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