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JANAZA-JUSTICE-SAYEED
Janaza of Justice Abu Saeed held on SC premises
DHAKA, 26 Dec, 2020 (BSS) – The namaje-janaza of former secretary of Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association (1984-85) and former Supreme Court (SC) judge Justice Abu Saeed Ahmed was held on the apex court premises today.
The former judge died at his residence in capital’s Wari at around 1:30pm yesterday. He was 82.
His namaj-e-janaza was held on the Supreme Court premises after Juhr prayer which was joined by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, judges of both the divisions of the Supreme Court, Attorney General and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association AM Amin Uddin, Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kajal, senior lawyers and former and current officials of various levels of the Supreme Court Bar.
After the janaza, the chief justice and Supreme Court Bar Association leaders paid homage to the deceased by placing a wreath at his coffin.
Barrister Masud Ahmed Sayeed Shibli, former treasurer of the Supreme Court Bar, also the son of Justice Abu Saeed Ahmed, told BSS that his father was suffering from various diseases due to old age.
He also said that Justice Abu Saeed Ahmed, will be buried in the family graveyard at his home in Kaliganj, Gazipur, after the last janaza after Maghrib prayer today.
Supreme Court Bar Secretary Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kajal gave an account of the career of Justice Abu Saeed Ahmed and conducted the pre-janaza prayers in the manner of the Supreme Court Bar.
Justice Abu Saeed Ahmed was born on 23 August in 1938 in an aristocratic Muslim family in Dhaka.
He completed SSC in 1954, HSC in 1956, BA from Dhaka College in 1958 and LLB in 1961 from City Law College.
He started his legal career in Dhaka Bar in 1963 and started his practice in the High Court in 1966.
He was a judge of the High Court Division from 1992 and retired as a Judge of the Appellate Division in 2002-2003.
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