Former Chief Justice Md Ruhul Amin died at a city hospital early Sunday. He was 83.

He breathed his last at 4:30am at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. The former chief justice had been suffering from old age complications for a long time.

As per the tradition, judicial activities at both High Court and Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court (SC) remain suspended on Sunday, but administrative activities are going on, said a SC condolence message.

His Janaza prayer will be held after Dhuhr namaz in the inner courtyard of the main building of the SC. Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has expressed deep grief over the death of Ruhul Amin and expressed his sincere condolences to the bereaved family.

The former chief justice was born on June 1, 1941 in a noble family of Lakshmipur. He completed his MA degree in Political Science from Dhaka University in 1962 and earned an LLB degree in 1965. In 1966 he was enrolled as a lawyer in the then East Pakistan High Court and later in 1981 as a lawyer in the Appellate Division of the SC.

On February 18, 1992, he was appointed as a judge of the High Court and as judge of Appellate Division on 11 January 200. Ruhul Amin was the 15th Chief Justice of the country and performed duty from March 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008.