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{{Short description|Pakistani politician and judge (1895–1971)}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Muhammad Shahabuddin
| native_name         = محمد شہاب الدین
| native_name_lang    = ur
| office              = 3rd [[Chief Justice of Pakistan]]
| appointer           = [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]]
| term_start          = 3 May 1960
| term_end            = 12 May 1960
| predecessor         = [[Muhammad Munir]]
| successor           = [[Alvin Robert Cornelius]]
| office1             = Governor of East Bengal
| term_start1         = 22 December 1954
| term_end1           = 14 June 1955
| predecessor1        = [[Iskander Mirza]]
| successor1          = [[Amiruddin Ahmad]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1895|5|13|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Eluru]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| alma_mater          = {{ubl|[[Madras Christian College|University of Madras]]|[[Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai|Government Law College, Chennai]]}}
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1971|04|13|1895|05|13|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]
| image               = Muhammad Shahabuddin.jpg
}}
'''Muhammad Shahabuddin''' (13 May 1895 – 13 April 1971)<ref name=":0" />  was the 3rd Chief Justice of Pakistan, serving from 3 May to 12 May 1960. He also served as acting Governor of East Bengal from 22 December 1954 to 14 June 1955.

== Early life ==
Shahabuddin was born on 13 May 1895 at [[Ellore]] in erstwhile [[Madras Presidency|Madras State]] to a [[Deccanis|Deccani Muslim]] family. He graduated in arts from [[Madras Christian College]] and in law from [[Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai|Madras Law College]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Shahabuddin,_Justice_Mohammad}}</ref>

== Career ==
Shahabuddin joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in November 1921 and was posted as a sub-collector at Madras. He later served as a joint magistrate and a district and session judge until February 1943 when he was appointed an additional judge of the Madras High Court. In September 1945 he was confirmed as a judge of the Madras High Court.<ref name=":0" />

Shahabuddin was appointed as a judge of [[Dacca|Dhaka]] High Court after the [[Partition of India|Partition]]. He served on the Indo-Pak Boundary Disputes Tribunal in 1949–50. He became the Chief Justice of the Dhaka High Court in February 1950. In 1953 he was appointed as a judge of the Federal Court. From 22 December 1954 to 14 June 1955 he acted as the Governor of [[East Bengal]] (Pakistan).<ref name=":0" /> Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Chaudhury handed over the government of East Pakistan to Abu Hossain Sarkar and made him Chief Minister on 3 June 1955. Shahabuddin was not told of the decision beforehand and as a result he resigned from the governorship on 4 June 1955. He became the Chief Justice of Pakistan in 1955.  Shahabuddin also chaired the Constitution Commission.<ref name=":0" />

== Death ==
Shahabuddin died on 13 April 1971 in [[Lahore]], Pakistan.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[List of Pakistanis]]
* [[Chief Justice of Pakistan]]

==References==
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{{Chief Justices of Pakistan}}
{{Governors of East Bengal}}

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