Md. Abdul Wahhab Miah Explained

Abdul Wahhab Miah
Native Name:আবদুল ওয়াহহাব মিয়া
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Acting Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Term Start:12 November 2017
Term End:2 February 2018
Appointer:Abdul Hamid
Predecessor:Surendra Kumar Sinha
Successor:Syed Mahmud Hossain
Birth Date:11 November 1951
Nationality:Bangladeshi
President:Abdul Hamid
Primeminister:Sheikh Hasina

Abdul Wahhab Miya (born 11 November 1951) is a Bangladeshi jurist. He was appointed as acting Chief Justice of Bangladesh when former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha left.[1] [2]

Career

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Wahhab Miah made acting Chief Justice. Daily Sun. en. 2019-01-06.
  2. News: http://m.dailyinqilab.com/article/98302/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%93%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9E%E0%A6%BE. bn:প্রধান বিচারপতির দায়িত্ব নিলেন বিচারপতি আবদুল ওয়াহহাব মিঞা. Daily Inqilab. bn. 2019-01-06.
  3. Web site: Correspondent. Bangabhaban. bdnews24.com. Bangladesh appoints new chief justice after about three months of vacancy. 2021-12-05. bdnews24.com.
  4. News: Justice Wahhab Miah resigns after Justice Mahmud Hossain is named chief justice. bdnews24.com. en. 2019-01-06.
  5. News: Acting CJ Wahhab Miah resigns. Prothom Alo. en. 2019-01-06.