Amin Ahmed

Amin Ahmed
আমিন আহমদ

NPk MBE
Chief Justice Dacca High Court
In office
1956–1959
Personal details
Born (1899-10-01)1 October 1899
Sonagazi, Feni, India British India (now Bangladesh)
Died 5 December 1991(1991-12-05) (aged 92)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality  Bangladesh
Children Six Daughters and One Son (Uzra Hussain)
Alma mater Presidency College, Calcutta and Cambridge University
Profession Judge
Awards Member of the British Empire (MBE)
Hilal-e-Pakistan (Crescent of Pakistan)

Amin Ahmed NPk, MBE (Bengali: আমিন আহমদ; 1 October 1899 – 5 December 1991) was a jurist and chief justice of Dacca High Court in East Pakistan (Present Bangladesh).[1][2]

Early life and education

Amin Ahmed was born on October 1, 1899 at Ahmadpur village, Sonagazi Upazila, Feni. His father was Abdul Aziz, who was a civil servant.

Personal life

He was the father-in-law of Bangladeshi diplomat Tabarak Hussain, who was married her daughter Uzra Hussain.

He traveled to United States in 1956 and to Japan in 1957.

Death

He died in Dhaka on 5 December 1991.

Writings

Amin Ahmed delivered the Kamini Kumar Memorial Law lecture on the topic Judicial Review of Administrative Action in Pakistan which was held in University of Dhaka on February 9-11, 1970.[3][4] Later the lecture was published as a book. He wrote an autobiography; titled A Peep into the Past.[5][6]

He gave the inaugural speech at the Pakistan Philosophical Congress in 1954.[7] Ahmed also gave speech on various occasions like the Annual Dinner of the Chittagong District Bar Association in 1964, the inaugural ceremony of the New Dacca High Court Building on 24 March, 1968 and the Bar Dinner at Hotel Intercontinental, Dacca on 19 January, 1974. He addressed as President, Pakistan United Nations Association (East Zone, Dacca) on the occasion of its silver jubilee in 1970.

Awards

He was awarded the title of Member of the British Empire (MBE) by the British Government of India, and Hilal-e-Pakistan (Crescent of Pakistan) by the Pakistan Government for his meritorious services.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Hoque, Kazi Ebadul. "Ahmed, Justice Amin". Banglapedia. Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  2. "Judiciary". The Lakshimipur Barta. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  3. "Kamini Kumar Dutta (1879-1959) – a profile". Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association. 2009. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  4. Shibli, Abdullah (2014-04-05). "Birth Centennial of Mr. Justice M. A. Jabir". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) (Dhaka). Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  5. Ahmed, Amin (1982). A Peep Into the Past, Or, The Autobiography of Former Chief Justice Amin Ahmed. Pioneer Press. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  6. Benson, Eugene (2004). Ency Post-Colonial Lit Eng 2v. Routledge. p. 857. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  7. et. al., Richard V. DeSemet SeJ. "Philosophical Activities in Pakistan:1947-1961". Work published by Pakistan Philosophical Congress. Work published by Pakistan Philosophical Congress. Retrieved 2014-12-01.

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