Chief Justice of Bangladesh

The Chief Justice of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের প্রধান বিচারপতি – Bānglādēśhēr Prodhān Bichārpoti) is the chief amongst the judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and also head of the whole judicial establishments, including subordinate courts. The chief justice is appointed by the president of Bangladesh. The chief justice sits in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court with other judges to hear and decide cases, presides over meetings of the full Supreme Court to transact business relating to administration of the court, and supervises the discipline of the judges and magistrates of the subordinate courts. Most rules for regulating the practice and procedure of both the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court (including subordinate courts) including those specified in certain legislative acts, such as the Companies Act 1994 and the Banking Companies Act 1991, are also duly scrutinized and approved in full court meetings presided over by the chief justice. He also distributes judicial business of the High Court Division by constituting different benches to exercise its original, appellate and revisable jurisdictions.^[2]

Chief Justice of Bangladesh
বাংলাদেশের প্রধান বিচারপতি
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Incumbent Obaidul Hassan since 26 September 2023
Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Style	The Honourable
Type	Chief Justice
Status	Presiding Judge
Abbreviation	CJB
Residence	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Seat	Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Ramna, Dhaka
Nominator	The President of Bangladesh
Appointer	President of Bangladesh
Inaugural holder	Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem
Formation	16 December 1972; 51 years ago (1972-12-16)
Salary	৳ 310,000 Monthly (US$ 3,644) ৳ 1,320,000 annually (US$ 42,548)
Website	supremecourt.gov.bd

Administrative control (including the power of creation of post, promotion and grant of leave) and discipline of the judges and magistrates of the subordinate courts is exercised by the president in consultation with the Supreme Court and urgent matters relating thereto are dispensed with in consultation with the chief justice.