The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

High Court judge AK Badrul Huq went on voluntary retirement seven months ahead of the time.

"The President has accepted his application," a Bangabhaban announcement said on Sunday, adding that Justice Huq cited "personal grounds for his voluntary retirement". Superseded twice in elevation of his juniors to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Justice Huq was scheduled for usual retirement on September 26 next at the age of 67, court sources said. Hailed from Patuakhali, he was brought in the bench from the bar in June 1996.