Former chief justice Kemaluddin Hossain died on early Wednesday at the age of 90.
Justice Kemaluddin had been suffering from old age complications and breathed his last at 4:30am at United Hospital at Baridhara in the capital, where he had been undergoing
treatment for the last three days, his daughter-in-law Farmin Islam told New Age.
He is survived by his wife, three sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and a number of relatives and well-wishers to mourn the death.
His first namaz-e-janaza was held in the Supreme Court premises and he was buried at the Bannai graveyard after another namaz-e-janaza at the Azad Mosque in Ghulsan in the afternoon.
Justice Kemaluddin assumed the office of the fourth chief justice of Bangladesh on February 1, 1978 and he was forced into retirement by a martial law proclamation issued on April 11, 1982 by HM Ershad.
The president, Abdul Hamid, and the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, among other dignitaries, expressed their deep
shock at the death of Justice Kemaluddin, who
was appointed an East Pakistan High Court judge in 1969 and alleviated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in 1978 after the country was
liberated from Pakistan in 1971.
The prime minister’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad said that Hasina had recalled the contribution of Justice Kemaluddin to establish rule of law in the country and enriching the judiciary.
The nation has lost an honest and patriotic person at his death, the prime minister said.
Hasina prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed profound sympathy to the bereaved family.
Justice Kemaluddin had served as the law commission chairman from 1998 to 2001.
He won Ananda Award in 1998 for his contribution to the judiciary.
-With New Age input
