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.
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