Staff Reporter :
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld a High Court (HC) verdict that had directed the government to stop use of tannery waste in poultry and fish feed production in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area within a month.
A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after dismissing an appeal filed by a poultry feed producing industry against the HC order.
In a verdict on July 21 in 2011, the HC directed the authorities concerned to shut the factories and
business enterprises which were using tannery waste as ingredients in poultry and fish feed production.
The HC also directed the authorities to take legal action against the factories which were using tannery waste in producing poultry and fish feed at Hazaribagh in the capital.
It also asked the authorities concerned of government to prepare a guideline within two months in order to monitor and control whether tannery waste is being used in poultry and fish feed production in any manner.
The HC bench delivered the verdict following a writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh. The petition was filed on July 26 in 2010 following a report published in a national daily under titled ‘Toxic poultry feed poses health risk.’
After the HC verdict, Golam Saruar, proprietor of Shoeb Enterprise, a poultry feed producing industry, filed the leave to appeal petition with the apex court challenging the HC verdict. Yesterday, the apex court dismissed the appeal after hearing on it.
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld a High Court (HC) verdict that had directed the government to stop use of tannery waste in poultry and fish feed production in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area within a month.
A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after dismissing an appeal filed by a poultry feed producing industry against the HC order.
In a verdict on July 21 in 2011, the HC directed the authorities concerned to shut the factories and
business enterprises which were using tannery waste as ingredients in poultry and fish feed production.
The HC also directed the authorities to take legal action against the factories which were using tannery waste in producing poultry and fish feed at Hazaribagh in the capital.
It also asked the authorities concerned of government to prepare a guideline within two months in order to monitor and control whether tannery waste is being used in poultry and fish feed production in any manner.
The HC bench delivered the verdict following a writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh. The petition was filed on July 26 in 2010 following a report published in a national daily under titled ‘Toxic poultry feed poses health risk.’
After the HC verdict, Golam Saruar, proprietor of Shoeb Enterprise, a poultry feed producing industry, filed the leave to appeal petition with the apex court challenging the HC verdict. Yesterday, the apex court dismissed the appeal after hearing on it.
