Saad Saood Jan

Saad Saood Jan
Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan
In office 16 April 1994 – 4 June 1994
Preceded by	Nasim Hasan Shah
Succeeded by	Sajjad Ali Shah
Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1986
Judge, Lahore High Court
Personal details
Born	1931 (1931)
Died	21 July 2005(2005-07-21) (aged 73–74) Lahore, Pakistan
Cause of death	Complications of diabetes

Saad Saood Jan (1931 – 21 July 2005) was a Pakistani jurist who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and twice as its acting Chief Justice. He also served as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 1996.

Career

Government service

Prior to his judicial career, Jan served as Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Law and as Secretary to the Parliamentary Affairs Division.

Judicial career

Jan served as a judge of the Lahore High Court before his appointment to the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1986. He twice served as acting Chief Justice of Pakistan. On the retirement of Chief Justice Nasim Hasan Shah in April 1994, Jan was the most senior judge of the Supreme Court and was expected to succeed to the position under established convention; however, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto bypassed him and appointed Sajjad Ali Shah as Chief Justice. Jan served as acting Chief Justice from 16 April 1994 to 4 June 1994.

Jan was a member of the National Group of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. In 1996, the United Nations appointed him as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, where he succeeded Rustam S. Sidhwa.

Death

Jan died in Lahore on 21 July 2005 after a prolonged illness arising from diabetes. Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry conveyed condolences to the family and attended the funeral in Lahore, where he also laid a wreath at the grave.