Surendra Kumar Sinha
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The Honourable Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha |
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| সুরেন্দ্র কুমার সিনহা | |
| Chief Justice of Bangladesh | |
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Assumed office 17 January 2015 |
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| Appointed by | President of Bangladesh |
| Preceded by | Md. Muzammel Hossain |
| Judge at Supreme Court of Bangladesh | |
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Assumed office 16 July 2009 |
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| 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 |
Surendra Kumar Sinha (born 2 February 1951) is the current and 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He is the 21st head of judiciary in Bangladesh. He is the first non-Muslim, non-Bengali to serve in this role.
He will retire on 31 January 2018.
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.
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. 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. 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 30 August to 14 September 2010 held in Seoul, Korea and presented a keynote on "Judicial Development of Bangladesh".
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