Amin Ahmed

Amin Ahmed HPk MBE (; 1 October 1899 – 5 December 1991) was a jurist and chief justice of the Dacca High Court during the Pakistan era.

Early life and education Amin Ahmed was born on 1 October 1899 in the village of Ahmadpur in Sonagazi, Feni, then part of the Noakhali district of the Bengal Presidency. 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 (East Zone, Dacca) on the occasion of its silver jubilee in 1970.

Personal life He had 6 daughters (Shameem, Nessima Hakim, Uzra Husain, Nazneen, Najma, Jarina Mohsin) 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 married his daughter Uzra Husain.

His grandchild, Tariq ul Hakim, is also a Dhaka High Court justice.

Death and legacy He died in Dhaka on 5 December 1991. The Justice Amin Ahmed Gold Medal is given by Justice Amin Ahmed Trust.