HC stays Yunus’s jail term until disposal of appeals
Court Correspondent
The High Court on Monday (March 18) scrapped the Labor Appellate Tribunal’s order that had stayed the effectiveness of the jail sentence awarded to Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and three others in a Labor Law violation case.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Ebadoth Hossain announced the verdict saying the conviction (six-month jail term) will be effective against the four accused, Dr. Yunus, chairman of Grameen Telecom, and its directors Ashraful Hassan, Nurjahan Begum, and M Shahjahan — until their appeals are disposed of.
The appeals are pending with the Labour Appellate Tribunal in Dhaka.
The HC today asked the Labour Appellate Tribunal to dispose of the appeals as early as possible.
