Staff Reporter:
Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has been appointed as the chief justice of Bangladesh.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed him as the 25th chief justice of the country on Saturday, sources at Bangabhaban said.
Justice Syed Refaat was the senior most judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.
He was first appointed as a judge of the Appellate Division and then appointed as the chief justice, according to law ministry officials.
The appointment comes after Obaidul Hassan resigned from his post of chief justice following demonstrations held by students demanding his resignation along with judges of the Appellate Division.
Five more judges of the Appellate Division later resigned from their posts. They are – Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Justice Jahangir Hossain, Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique, Justice Md Shahinur Islam, and Justice Kashefa Hussain.
According to Supreme Court sources, their resignation letters were sent to the president through the law ministry.
