Background
He was born in a Bisnupriya Manipuri family in Moulvibazar District in 1951. He is the son of Late Lalit Mohan Sinha and Dhanabati Sinha.
He was born in a Bisnupriya Manipuri family in Moulvibazar District in 1951. He is the son of Late Lalit Mohan Sinha and Dhanabati Sinha.
He obtained Bachelor of Laws degree in 1974 from University of Chittagong.
He is the 21st head of judiciary in Bangladesh. He enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court, Sylhet in 1974 and practiced in that Court under the guidance of two reputed civil and criminal lawyers and conducted Sessions trial cases independently till the end of 1977. 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.
He was elevated as a Judge of the High Court Division on 24 October 1999.
On 16 July 2009 he was appointed Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He assumed the office of the Chairman of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission in 12.06.2011 and the office of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh on 17 January 2015.
Justice Sinha represented the Chief Justice of Bangladesh in "3rd International Conference of the Chief Justices of the World" held in 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 in Seoul, of Korea in 2006.
In response to an invitation from of 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, of 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 United Kingdom, 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 United States of America. 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 Canada, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Qatar, South of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Justice Sinha is known for a number of landmark judgments including those on the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the 5th and 13th amendments to the constitution.