SC stays trial proceedings of a case against Dr Yunus

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed for two months the trial proceedings of a case filed against Nobel laureate and Grameen Telecom chairman Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and three others on charge of violating labour law.
The SCalso asked the High Court to hear and dispose of the rule issued in this regard within two months.
A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Justice Md Nuruzzaman, passed the order following two leave-to-appeal petitions filed by the state.
Following two criminal petitions, the High Court on December 12 in 2021 stayed for six months the trial proceedings of the case filed against Grameen Telecom chairman Prof Yunus and director Nurjahan Begum.
The High Court bench of Justice Md Habibul Gani and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan also issued a rule upon the bodies concerned of the government to explain as to why they should not be directed to scrap the trial proceedings of the case filed against them on charge of violating labour law.
Later, the state filed two leave-to-appeal petitions against the HC order that stayed for six months the trial proceedings of the case and issued a rule. After hearing the petitions, the apex court on Monday passed the order.

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