Surendra Kumar Sinha

The Honourable Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha
সুরেন্দ্র কুমার সিনহা
Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 January 2015
Appointed by	President of Bangladesh
Preceded by	Md. Muzammel Hossain
Judge at Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2009
Personal details
Born	1 February 1951 Tilakpur village, Kamalganj, Sylhet, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Parents	Lalit Mohan Sinha Dhanabati Sinha
Residence	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Alma mater	University of Chittagong
Profession	Judge
Religion	Hindu[1]

Surendra Kumar Sinha (born 2 February 1951) is the current and 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh.^[2] He is the 21st head of judiciary in Bangladesh.^[3]

Early life and education

Sinha was born in a Bisnupriya Manipuri family in Moulvibazar District in 1951 to his parents Lalit Mohan Sinha and Dhanabati Sinha. He obtained Bachelor of Laws degree in 1974 from University of Chittagong.

Career

Sinha enrolled as an advocate of the District Court, Sylhet in 1974 and practiced in that court under the guidance of two civil and criminal lawyers and conducted sessions trial cases independently till the end of 1977.^[4] He obtained the permission to practice before the High Court Division and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1978 and 1990 respectively. During this period, he worked with lawyer Sabita Ranjan Pal as his associate till his appointment as an Additional Judge of the High Court Division.

He was elevated as a Judge of the High Court Division on 24 October 1999. On 16 July 2009 he was appointed Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.^[5] He assumed the office of the Chairman of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission in June 2011 and the office of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh on 17 January 2015.

Sinha represented the Chief Justice of Bangladesh in "3rd International Conference of the Chief Justices of the World" held in Lucknow, India in 2002 and presented there a paper on "Fostering respect for International Law". He participated in the "Judicial Training Programme for the Senior Judges of Bangladesh" held in Seoul, Korea in 2006. In response to an invitation from Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), he participated in different Seminars on "Judicial Development Programme (Bangladesh)" from August 30 to September 14, 2010 held in Seoul, Korea and presented a keynote on "Judicial Development of Bangladesh".

In 2012, Sinha led a Bangladesh delegation to Singapore and Indonesia and took part at different meetings with the Chief Justice of Singapore and Chief Justice of Indonesia. Under the leadership of Justice Sinha, in 2013, a Bangladesh delegation visited India and United Kingdom and participated in different sessions with the Chief Justice of India, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Supreme Court of UK, Royal Courts of Justice, Judicial Appointments Commission in London, Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, Lord President of Scottish High Court of Justiciary and Judicial Institute for Scotland. Being invited by the National Centre for State Courts, in 2013, he also participated in the "6th International Conference on the Training of the Judiciary" organized by the International Organization for Judicial Training in the USA. In 2014, he led a Bangladesh delegation in a visit to Hong Kong and China where the delegation participated in different sessions with the Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court of Hong Kong, Vice-President of the Supreme People`s Court of China, National Judges College China and High Court of Beijing.^[6][7]

Sinha is known for a number of high profile judgments including those on the killing of former President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the 5th and 13th amendments to the Constitution of Bangladesh.

References

1. "Surendra Kumar Sinha appointed next chief justice of Bangladesh". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. PTI. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
2. "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
3. Staff Correspondent. "Surendra Kumar Sinha takes oath as the 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh". bdnews24.com. bdnews24.com. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
4. PTI. "Surendra Kumar Sinha appointed next chief justice of Bangladesh". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
5. NITI PTI BOT. "Bangladesh appoints Surendra Kumar Sinha as new chief justice". niticentral.com. niticentral.com. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
6. "Bangladesh appoints Surendra Kumar Sinha as new Chief Justice". Economic Times. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
7. "Judges: Supreme Court of Bangladesh". Supreme Court of Bangladesh. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

External links

• "Hon'ble Chief Justice of Bangladesh".