Bangladesh today appointed Syed Mahmud Hossain as the new Chief Justice, three months after his predecessor and the country's first Hindu chief justice was virtually forced to resign amid "grave" graft allegations. <br/><br/>The President's office said yesterday that Justice Hossain had been appointed as the 22nd chief justice of the country. President Abdul Hamid administered the oath of office to Hossain, said senior judge of the apex Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.<br/>Hossain's appointment prompted acting chief justice Abdul Wahab Mian to immediately tender his resignation on an "unavoidable personal reason.<br/><br/>Mian was appointed as the acting chief justice after the country's first Hindu chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha resigned in November last year amid graft allegations.Juestice Sinha was at the centre stage of the dispute after the apex court delivered a verdict declaring void 16th constitutional amendment, scrapping Parliament's authority in impeaching Supreme Court judges.