Former chief justice Md Ruhul Amin died of old-age complications at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka at 4.30am Sunday. He was 83.
He has been receiving treatment at the hospital for the last few days.
His janaza will be held on Tuesday after zuhr prayers at the Supreme Court inner garden. Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and the judges of both divisions of the Supreme Court are likely to take part in the janaza.
CJ Syed Refaat Ahmed, in a condolence message, expressed profound shock at the death of justice Ruhul Amin. He prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.
A Supreme Court notification, signed by registrar general Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan, said that in a tribute to the late chief justice Md Ruhul Amin, the judicial functions of both the Appellate and High Court Divisions would remain suspended on Sunday.
The matters that came to the Appellate Division cause list on Sunday would be heard on December 1, while matters of the High Court Division cause list would be heard on November 25, read the notification.
Justice Ruhul Amin was born on June 1, 1941 in Lakshmipur. He obtained his MA in political science from University of Dhaka in 1962 and LLB in 1965. In 1966, he was enrolled as a lawyer at the then East Pakistan High Court and later in 1981 as a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
He was appointed as a justice of the High Court Division on February 18, 1992, and was elevated to the Appellate Division on January 11, 2001.
Justice Ruhul Amin served as the 15th chief justice of Bangladesh from March 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008.