Understanding civilisation's roots essential for judges to interpret law: CJ

Chief Justice (CJ) Syed Refaat Ahmed has said no reformer can be truly wise without a deep understanding of history, and no judge can properly interpret law without appreciating the roots of his civilisation, reports BSS.

He said this while addressing as the chief guest a function organised on the occasion of the 75th founding anniversary and reunion of the Department of Islamic History and Culture of Dhaka University (DU) at the Teachers-Students Centre (TSC) auditorium on Saturday.

Paying tributes to his late mother, eminent educationist and the first female National Professor of Bangladesh, Professor Dr Sufia Ahmed, who was both a student and later a teacher of the same department, the Chief Justice said she belonged to a rare generation whose intellectual ambition was profoundly intertwined with moral beauty.

"Her life symbolised women's academic empowerment and the ethical purity of education, which continues to inspire me," he said.