DHAKA, Oct 27, 2021 (BSS) - Former president of Supreme Court Bar Council
Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder died of old age complications at the city's
United Hospital at around 8.15am. He was 83.

  Advocate Majumder, former vice-chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council and also
a member of Bangladesh Awami League advisory council, was undergoing
treatment at the hospital, Supreme Court Bar Council Secretary Barrister
Ruhul Quddus Kazal told BSS.

  He was admitted to the hospital on September 30 and was put on life support
on October 25.

  Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder born on January 1, 1938, at Laksham, Cumilla,
and was enlisted as a lawyer on September 28, 1966. He got enlisted to
practice at the High Court on February 8, 1967.

  Popularly known as 'Goriber Ainjibi'(lawyer of the poor) for his
humanitarian work for the insolvent justice seekers, Advocate Majumder had
formed a trust fund for them. Different bar councils across the country used
to get financial support from this fund.

  He is known for providing legal support to more than 20,000 people free of
cost or with minimal fee during his long and illustrious career as lawyer.