Ex-CJ Ruhul Amin passes away

Former chief justice MM Ruhul Amin died of heart diseases at a hospital in Singapore early this morning. He was 74.

He left behind his wife, two sons and a host of admires and well-wishers to mourn his death.

Supreme Court Registrar General Syed Aminul Islam confirmed this to The Daily Star.

Justice MM Ruhul Amin was appointed as the chief justice on May 25, 2008.

Justice Amin was elevated as a judge of the Appellate Division on July 13, 2003. He was appointed as an additional judge of the HC on February 10, 1994 and his service was confirmed on February 8, 1996.

He has been serving as the chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission since 2004.

Born in 1942 in Laxmipur, MM Ruhul Amin earned a master's degree in history in 1963 and LLB in 1966 from Dhaka University.

He joined the judicial service in 1967 and became a district judge in 1984. Before his promotion to an HC judge, he worked as a district and sessions judge in four districts.

Justice Amin attended an executive course on administration and case management at the National Judicial College in the US in 1990. As part of the Legal and Judicial Capacity Building Project, he visited a number of courts and institutions in the US to observe case management, alternative dispute resolution and court administration.

He also visited India, Nepal and Sri Lanka to observe the service and pay structure of the judicial officers there and presented a report to the authorities concerned.