Staff Reporter :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld five High Court orders which stayed the trial proceedings of five cases filed against Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on charge of sacking employees of Grameen Communications.
A three-member virtual Bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Muhammad Imman Ali
passed the order after hearing five petitions filed by the government against the High Court orders.
Barrister Mustafizur Rahman Khan took part in the hearing on behalf of Dr Muhammad Yunus, while Deputy Attorney General Amit Das Gupta represented the state.
The High Court on March 4 this year issued rule over cancellation of the cases filed against him and stayed the trial proceedings of those cases.
On July 3 last year five employees of Grameen Communications, Abdus Salam, Shah Alam and Emranul Haque, Hossain Ahmed and Abdul Gofur, filed five cases against Dr Yunus and two others with the Labour Court on charge of terminating them from the company.
They alleged that they were terminated ‘illegally’ in June last year for their role in forming a trade union at their workplace.
The two other Grameen Communications officials, who were made accused in the cases, are managing director Naznin Sultana and Deputy General Manager Khandaker Abu Abedin.
After hearing on three cases, the Labour Court on July 10 last year asked the trio to appear before it on October 8, which turned out to be a holiday. As a result, the day’s proceedings continued on October 9.
On October 9, the chairman of Labour Court-3 of Dhaka issued an arrest warrant for Dr Yunus in connection with the three cases as he could not appear before the court due his foreign trip and he was asked to appear in the labour court on November 5 in two other cases.
In the meantime, Dr Yunus’ brother, Dr Muhammad Ibrahim, filed a writ petition with the High Court. After hearing the High Court on October 28 last year ordered the law enforcing agencies not to harass or not to arrest Dr Yunus till November 7 in three cases.
At the same time, the court asked Dr Yunus, chairman of Grameen Communications, to surrender in the trial court at any convenient time by November 7.
The HC Bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman passed the order after hearing the writ petition. Later Dr Yunus surrendered in the Labour Court on November 3 last year and secured bail in all five cases filed against him.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld five High Court orders which stayed the trial proceedings of five cases filed against Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on charge of sacking employees of Grameen Communications.
A three-member virtual Bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Muhammad Imman Ali
passed the order after hearing five petitions filed by the government against the High Court orders.
Barrister Mustafizur Rahman Khan took part in the hearing on behalf of Dr Muhammad Yunus, while Deputy Attorney General Amit Das Gupta represented the state.
The High Court on March 4 this year issued rule over cancellation of the cases filed against him and stayed the trial proceedings of those cases.
On July 3 last year five employees of Grameen Communications, Abdus Salam, Shah Alam and Emranul Haque, Hossain Ahmed and Abdul Gofur, filed five cases against Dr Yunus and two others with the Labour Court on charge of terminating them from the company.
They alleged that they were terminated ‘illegally’ in June last year for their role in forming a trade union at their workplace.
The two other Grameen Communications officials, who were made accused in the cases, are managing director Naznin Sultana and Deputy General Manager Khandaker Abu Abedin.
After hearing on three cases, the Labour Court on July 10 last year asked the trio to appear before it on October 8, which turned out to be a holiday. As a result, the day’s proceedings continued on October 9.
On October 9, the chairman of Labour Court-3 of Dhaka issued an arrest warrant for Dr Yunus in connection with the three cases as he could not appear before the court due his foreign trip and he was asked to appear in the labour court on November 5 in two other cases.
In the meantime, Dr Yunus’ brother, Dr Muhammad Ibrahim, filed a writ petition with the High Court. After hearing the High Court on October 28 last year ordered the law enforcing agencies not to harass or not to arrest Dr Yunus till November 7 in three cases.
At the same time, the court asked Dr Yunus, chairman of Grameen Communications, to surrender in the trial court at any convenient time by November 7.
The HC Bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman passed the order after hearing the writ petition. Later Dr Yunus surrendered in the Labour Court on November 3 last year and secured bail in all five cases filed against him.
