Amin Ahmed


Amin Ahmed NPk, MBE was a jurist and chief justice of Dacca High Court in Bangladesh.

Early life and education

Amin Ahmed was born on 1 October 1899 at Ahmadpur village, Sonagazi Upazila, Feni. His father was Abdul Aziz, who was a civil servant. He travelled to United States in 1956 and to Japan in 1957.

Personal life

He had 6 daughters and one son, Aziz Ahmed. His second daughter, Nessima was married to Justice Maksum-ul-Hakim, Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was the father-in-law of Bangladeshi diplomat Tabarak Husain, who was married his daughter Uzra Husain.
His grandchild, Tariq ul Hakim, is also a Dhaka High Court justice.

Death

He died in Dhaka on 5 December 1991.

Writings

Amin Ahmed delivered the Kamini Kumar Memorial Law lecture on the topic Judicial Review of Administrative Action in Pakistan which was held in University of Dhaka on 9–11 February 1970. Later the lecture was published as a book. He wrote an autobiography; titled A Peep into the Past.
He gave the inaugural speech at the Pakistan Philosophical Congress in 1954. Ahmed also gave speech on various occasions like the Annual Dinner of the Chittagong District Bar Association in 1964, the inaugural ceremony of the New Dacca High Court Building on 24 March 1968 and the Bar Dinner at Hotel Intercontinental, Dacca on 19 January 1974. He addressed as President, Pakistan United Nations Association on the occasion of its silver jubilee in 1970.

Awards

He was awarded the title of Member of the Order of the British Empire by the British Government of India, and Hilal-e-Pakistan by the Pakistan Government for his meritorious services.