Submit Grameen Telecom employees' payment details by Aug 2: HC

The High Court on Thursday directed the parties to submit a statement jointly regarding the due payments of the employees of the Grameen Telecom, an organisation owned by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.
The court at the same time asked the parties to submit the relevant documents of the dealings in the court before Saturday (August 2, 2022).
An HC bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar passed the order after hearing the case.
Meanwhile, an allegation has been raised that the case filed against the Grameen Telecom was settled through compromise in exchange of giving Tk 120 million to lawyer of the petitioners, Yousuf Ali.
During Thursday's hearing, the HC bench of Md Khurshid Alam Sarkar said, "We have heard that the employees' lawyer was biased in exchange of money and the employees were forced to settle the case through compromise."
The one-member bench also said, "There should not be any irregularity by using the court. If everything is not in accordance with the law, the matter will be taken seriously. I don't want to see raising of any question about the integrity of the court and the lawyer."
There is no lawyer, not only in Bangladesh, but also in this subcontinent, who can take fee at Tk 120 million in a case, said the court expressing its wonder.
The court then directed the parties to submit a joint statement regarding payments of the employees' due and a list on how much each of the employee has been paid. At the same time, documents related to this have also been sought to be submitted.
Then the lawyers of the parties informed the court that they have reached in an out of court settlement with an amount of Tk 4.37 billion. A total of Tk 3.8 billion has already been paid to 168 out of 176 Grameen Telecom employees.

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