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'''Muhammad Shahabuddin''' ([[Urdu]]: '''محمد شہاب الدین''') was the 3rd Chief Justice of Pakistan, serving from May 3, 1960 to 12 May 1960. He also served as the Governor of East Pakistan.

Muhammad Shahabuddin was born on 13 May 1895 at [[Ellore]] in [[Madras]].  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 web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Shahabuddin,_Justice_Mohammad|title=Shahabuddin, Justice Mohammad – Banglapedia|website=en.banglapedia.org|access-date=2016-08-11}}</ref>

He 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" />

Justice 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. Justice Shahabuddin also chaired the Constitution Commission.<ref name=":0" />