Abdul Wahhab Miah | |
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আবদুল ওয়াহহাব মিয়া | |
Acting Chief Justice of Bangladesh | |
In office 12 November 2017 –2 February 2018 | |
Appointed by | Abdul Hamid |
President | Abdul Hamid |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Surendra Kumar Sinha |
Succeeded by | Syed Mahmud Hossain |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 November 1951 |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
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Miya was listed as a High Court Division judge in 1976. Justice Miah was appointed an additional judge to the High Court Division on 24 October 1999 and became permanent Judge in 2001. He was elevated to the Appellate Division on 23 February 2011. He was made acting Chief Justice of Bangladesh when former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha left. He resigned from his post on 2 February 2018 though he was set to retire on Nov 10,2018. [3] Currently he is working at North South University [4] [5] as a Law Faculty and at BRAC University as an Adjunct Faculty.
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