Obtained LL.B. (Hons) (First Class, First in order of merit), University of Dhaka, B.A. in Jurisprudence and M.A., Wadham College, University of Oxford, UK, M.A. in Law and Diplomacy and Ph.D. from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA.

Was Ford Foundation Fellow in Public International Law at The Fletcher School.

Enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1984, 1986 and 2002 respectively.

Elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court Division on 27.04.2003 and appointed Judge of the same Division on 27.04.2005.

Has a number of publications to his credit and lectures as invited speaker extensively at home and abroad. His 2020 publication Digital Footprints: A Rights-Based Perspective has been published by the Bangladesh IP Forum/ Bangladesh Intellectual Property Academy (BIPA). His current research interest is focused on the rule of law within the Bangladeshi constitutional scheme and his write-up has appeared in a 2024 Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, UK publication ”A History of the Constitution of Bangladesh: The Founding, Development, and Way Ahead”.

Has previously worked as a Lawyer in the City of London and with the UNHCR in Hong Kong and Washington, D. C.

Is Founder Member, Global Judicial Institute on the Environment, Brazil. He was instrumental in organizing the 2016 South Asia Judicial Conference on Environment and Climate Change, a milestone event held under the aegis of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank.

Participated in international Roundtables, Workshops, Conferences, Study Tours and Courses held in UK, Germany, Malaysia, The Philippines, India, Nepal, Italy, Singapore, Thailand, USA, Brazil, Myanmar and Bahrain. He notably spoke in November, 2021 as Distinguished Expert Speaker on the topic “Criminalizing Humanitarian Action- A Judicial Perspective” at a conference co-hosted by the School of Law, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China and ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia.

Visited Brazil, USA, UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, France, Monaco, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, The Vatican City State, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Macau, Hong Kong and The Philippines.

Sworn in as the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh on 11th day of August 2024.

Obtained B.S.S. (Hon’s), M.S.S. (Economics) and LL.B. from University of Dhaka. Enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 18.03.1986, 18.10.1988 and 15.08.2005 respectively.

Practiced in a wide variety of areas such as Civil, Criminal and Constitutional laws etc. in both Divisions of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 30.06.2009 and appointed Judge of the same Division on 06.06.2011.

During 23.03.2012 to 12.12.2012 and 13.12.2012 to 15.09.2015 worked as Member and Chairman respectively of International Crimes Tribunal(BD)-2. Delivered as many as 11 (Eleven) Judgments with fellow brothers in the International Crimes Tribunal(BD)-2.

Elevated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 03.09.2020.

Nominated as Chairman of the Search Committee 2022 formed with a view to recommending the names for the appointments of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Commissioners.

Nominated as Chairman of the Enrolment Committee, Bangladesh Bar Council.

Delivered numerous judgments on significant issues including judgment on appointment of Judges to the High Court Division; directives for the District and Sessions Judges as regards providing protocol to the visiting Judges of the Supreme Court; per incuriam decision; anticipatory bail; calculation of the amount of narcotics in diluted condition; use of confessional statement of a co-accused for the purpose of crime control against other accused even if there is a little bit of corroboration of that confessional statement by any sort of evidence either direct or circumstantial; disembodiment of Ansar Battalion in the wake of mutiny in the year 1994; construction of Speaker’s residence within the National Assembly Complex; Speaker’s foreign medical bill; subsequent behavior of the conspirators is considered as the important factor in a case of conspiracy; taking of oath by members of Parliament elected in the 11th National Parliamentary Election before the expiry of the term of previous Parliament considered not illegal.

Participated in an international conference held in Hong Kong (1991), participated in a training program namely “Judicial Governance Program” held in Singapore in July 2015. Attended an International Conference on “International Crimes/State Crimes” held in Buenos Ayres, Argentina in August 2015.

Attended in a view exchange program with the Judges of International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Crimes Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in Hague, Netherlands in August 2015.

Visited China, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Argentina, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Dubai, Turkey and United States.

Sworn in as the 24th Chief Justice of Bangladesh on 26th day of September 2023.

Obtained M.A., LL.B.

Enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 21.08.1981, 04.09.1983 and 27.05.1999 respectively.

Acted as Legal Advisor to Khulna City Corporation, Kushtia Municipality, Jalalabad Gas Transmission Company and Chief Law Adviser of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Besides he worked as Additional Attorney General for Bangladesh.

Elevated as Judge of the High Court Division on 25.03.2009 and as a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 31.03.2013.

He has been acting as the Chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission since 30.04.2015.

Participated in the conference of South Asian Judges Regional Forum on Economic and Financial Crime held in Sri Lanka in 2011; South Asian Conference on Environmental Justice in Pakistan in 2012; International Conference on Environment held in New Delhi, India in 2015 and 17th International Conference of Chief Justices of the World held in Lucknow, India in 2016.

Visited India, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Obtained B.Sc., LL.B. and completed six months long “Commonwealth Young Lawyers Course” from the School of Oriental African Studies and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, both part of London University.

Enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court and the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in the year 1981 and 1983 respectively. Acted as Deputy Attorney General from December, 1999 till elevation to the Bench.

Elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court Division on 22.02.2001 and Judge of the High Court Division on 22.02.2003.

Elevated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 23.02.2011.

Participated in the International Seminars and Study Tours held in Penang- Malaysia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, India, South Korea and Hong Kong.

Visited Courts of Canada and the USA in 2012 under the Judicial Strengthening (JUST) Project supported by UNDP to share experience and exchange views with Judges of those countries for improving justice delivery system.

Hon`ble Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was born on February 01, 1951 in the Village Tilakpur, P.S-Kamalganj, District-Mulvibazar. He is the son of Late Lalit Mohan Sinha and Dhanabati Sinha. Having obtained Bachelor of Laws (LLB) under Chittagong University, he was enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court, Sylhet in 1974 and practiced there under the guidance of two reputed Civil and Criminal Lawyers. He obtained the permission to practice before the High Court Division and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1978 and 1990 respectively.

Justice Sinha was elevated as Judge of the High Court Division on 24.10.1999 and as Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 16.07.2009. He assumed the office of the Chairman of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission on 12.06.2011 and the office of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh on 17.01.2015.

Justice Sinha represented the Chief Justice of Bangladesh in "3rd International Conference of the Chief Justices of the World" held at Lucknow, India in 2002 and presented there a paper on "Fostering respect for International Law". He participated in the "Judicial Training Programme for the Senior Judges of Bangladesh" held at Seoul, Korea in 2006. In response to an invitation from Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), he participated in different Seminars on "Judicial Development Programme (Bangladesh)" from August 30 to September 14, 2010 held in Seoul, Korea and presented a Key Note on "Judicial Development of Bangladesh".

In 2012, Justice Sinha led a Bangladesh delegation to Singapore and Indonesia and took part at different meetings with the Chief Justice of Singapore and Chief Justice of Indonesia. Under the leadership of Justice Sinha, in 2013, a Bangladesh delegation visited India and United Kingdom and participated at different sessions with the Chief Justice of India, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Supreme Court of UK, Royal Courts of Justice, Judicial Appointments Commission in London, Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, Lord President of Scottish High Court of Justiciary and Judicial Institute for Scotland. Being invited by the National Centre for State Courts, in 2013, he also participated at the "6th International Conference on the Training of the Judiciary" organized by the International Organization for Judicial Training in USA. In 2014, he led a Bangladesh delegation in a visit to Hong Kong and China where the delegation participated at different sessions with the Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court of Hong Kong, Vice-President of the Supreme People`s Court of China, National Judges College China and High Court of Beijing.

He has visited India, Nepal, Qatar, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, United States, United Kingdom and Canada.

Obtained M.A., LL.B. from the University of Dhaka, LL.M. from the University of Sheffield, U.K. and Barrister-at-Law from the Hon`ble Society of Lincoln`s Inn, London, UK.

Enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court and the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in February 1971 and 1978 respectively.

Elevated as Judge of the High Court Division on 27.04.1998 and as Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 16.07.2009. Decorated the office of the Chairman of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Pay Commission on 16.05.2010.

Assumed the Office of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh on 18.05.2011.

Participated in a seminar on Racial Equality, U.K. in 1976; Conference on "The Courts of the Commonwealth and Judicial Precedent in the Commonwealth", U.K. in 1977; SAARC Law Conference, Karachi, Pakistan in 1997; Judicial Development Programme held in South Korea in 2010; International Conference of Jurists for Judicial Reforms held in London, UK in 2011; Preparatory meeting to World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability, organized by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2011; Regional Workshop on Judicial Integrity in Southeast Asia: Integrity-based Judicial Reform, organized by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2012; International Symposium on "Movements of Rights and Freedoms in the 21st Century and the Role of Constitutional Courts" organized by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey on its 50th Anniversary held in Ankara, Turkey in 2012; Qatar Law Forum on Rule of Law, held in Doha, Qatar in 2012; World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability, organized by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2012; Visited Courts of Canada and USA in 2012 under the Judicial Strengthening (JUST) Project supported by UNDP to share experience and exchange views with Judges of those countries for improving justice delivery mechanism.

He was adorned highly acclaimed International Jurists Award, 2011 by the International Council of Jurists, London, UK in recognition of his outstanding feat in judicial arena.

Worked as Lecturer-I Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria; Part-time Professor, City Law College, Dhanmondi Law College and Bhuiyan Academy, Dhaka; Guest Speaker, Bangladesh Civil Service Academy, Dhaka, and Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), Dhaka and Examiner of both LL.B.(Hons) and LL.M. Examinations, University of Dhaka.

Visited Brazil, Canada, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey, UAE, UK and USA.

Obtained LL.B. degree from University of Dhaka and Barrister-at-Law from Hon`ble Society of Lincoln`s Inn, London, UK.

Enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in the year 1970, 1976 and 1982 respectively.

Elevated as Judge of the High Court Division in April, 1998 and as Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 16.07.2009.

Presently Chairman Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission.

Attended the International Law Conference held at Khathmandu, Nepal in the year 1994 and the “Third Malta Judicial Conference-Cross-Boarder-Family Mediation” on 24-26 March 2009 held in Malta.

Father`s name: Late Al-haj Ahmed Kabir.

Mother`s name: Late Sunia Ara Begum.

Date of birth: 30.09.1943.

Obtained LL.B. from the University of Dhaka in 1964.

Called to the Bar from Lincoln`s Inn in 1969.

Enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court, Chittagong in 1965, the High Court at Dhaka in 1970 and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1979.

Elevated as Judge of the High Court Division on 01.11.1992 and as Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 15.05.2001.

Elected as the Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association in 1982 and a member of the Bangladesh Bar Council in 1992.

Formerly Chairman of the Judicial Service Pay Commission, Member of the Delhi based Asia Pacific Advisory Forum on "Judicial Education on Gender Equality Issue". Was Chairman of the Court Administration and Court Management Scheme of Judicial Capacity Building Project and Member of the Scheme for Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Participated in Conferences on `Judicial Education on Gender Equality Issue" in India, Pakistan, Srilanka and Nepal during 1998-2006, the SAARC Law Conference held at Dhaka, Conference on Prison Reform in South East Asia held in Nepal, in 1996 Colloquium for Judges on the Use of Principles of Equity and Non-discrimination" held in Maldives, in 2009, Non Adversarial Justice Conference held in Australia and Judicial Development Programme held in South Korea in 2010.

Visited different Courts and Institutions in UK, USA and Australia in 2002 to observe Case Management, Court Administration and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Father`s name: Late Momtazuddin Ahmed.

Mother`s name: Late Mazeda Khatun.

Date of birth: 08.02.1943.

Obtained B.A. (Hons), M.A. in History and LL.B. degree from the University of Dhaka. Called to Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln`s Inn in 1967.

Enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division in the year 1969 and 1980 respectively. Was Member of Corporate Laws Commission.

Elevated as Judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1994 and Appellate Division in 2003. Was Chairman of Enrolment Committee, Bangladesh Bar Council and Chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission. Assumed the office of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh on 23.12.2009.

Attended 7th SAARC LAW Conference held in Colombo, Srilanka in 1998 and chaired the session on "Intellectual property issues in the SAARC region." Attended the Commonwealth Judges Conference held in Sydney, Australia in 2003, and Conference of "Judicial Heads of Muslim Countries" held in Tehran, Iran in 2007.

Father`s name: Late Alhaj M. A. Khaleque.

Mother`s name: Late Mrs. Amirunnessa.

Date of birth: 23.12.1942.

Obtained M.A. and LL.B. degree in 1963 and 1966 respectively from the University of Dhaka.

Joined in the Judicial Service in 1967. Promoted to the rank of District and Sessions Judge in 1984.

Elevated as Judge of the High Court Division on 10.02.1994 and as Judge of the Appellate Division on 13 July, 2003.

Attended a course of "Court Administration and Case Management" at the National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. and also observed the court systems and case management of the Courts of Philippines and U.S.A. in 1990.

Was Chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission from 2004 to 2009; Chairman of the Monitoring Committee for separation of judiciary in Bangladesh in 2007; Member of the Supreme Court Project Implementation Committee (SCPIC) under the Legal and Judicial Capacity Building Project.

In 2002 visited U.S. Supreme Court and other courts in Washington and San Francisco (California), and the Royal Court of Justice and other Courts in London, U.K. In 2005 visited West Bengal Public Service Commission, India. In 2006 visited U.K. with the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Bangladesh as a royal guest and had discussion with the presiding Judge of the Family Court Division of the High Court. In 2009 attended the Chief Justices Conference of the Asia and the Pacific Region held in Singapore.

Elevated as Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in January 11, 2001. Assumed the office of Chief Justice of Bangladesh on March 1, 2007.

Born in Lakshmipur, Graduated from Victoria College in 1960. Obtained M.A. in Political Science from the University of Dhaka in 1962 and LL.B. from the same University in 1965. Enrolled as an Advocate in the High Court of the then East Pakistan on 28 September, 1966 and as an Advocate in the Appellate Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1981. Appointed Judge of the High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh in February 18, 1992.

Participated in different international conferences, seminars, workshops, roundtable discussions and visit programs held in a number of countries. Presented papers in international workshops and colloquium organized by UNHCR and other organizations.

Steered the implementation of separation of the judiciary as Chief Justice of Bangladesh since March 2007.

Due to retire on May 31, 2008.