Dhaka: Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha will leave Dhaka for Canada on September 10.

According to an earlier administrative order of SC, the CJ will stay in Canada from September 10 to September 17.

He then will fly to Japan in a bid to attend an international conference title Conference of Chief Justice of Asia and the Pacific which is set to be held in Tokyo of Japan from September 18 to September 21.

The Chief Justice is scheduled to return home on September 22.

In absence of Sinha, Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, a senior Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC), will take charge as an acting Chief Justice (CJ).

Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday following an order of honorable President Abdul Hamid.

The President appointed Md Abdul Wahhab Miah as an acting CJ exercising Article 97 of the Constitution of Bangladesh.

According to the notification, Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah will perform his duty as an acting CJ from September 10 to 22 or the flying date of CJ Surendra Kumar Sinha until his come back and take charge.