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SC clears way for publishing 9th Wage Board gazette for journos
DHAKA, Aug 20, 2019 (BSS) – The Supreme Court Appellate Division today
stayed for eight weeks the High Court order that had imposed status quo on
publishing gazette notification for implementing the recommendations of ninth
wage board for journalists and employees of newspapers and news agencies.
A four-member apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain
passed the order this morning, clearing all the legal bars in publishing the
gazette.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and Deputy Attorney General Amit Talukder
had moved the state plea to stay the August 6 High Court order.
Advocate AF Hasan Arif stood for daily Prothom Alo editor, publisher and
president of Newspapers Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) Matiur Rahman
who filed a writ against publishing gazette notification for implementing
ninth wage board recommendations.
Earlier on August 14, Justice Md Nuruzzaman of Appellate Division Chamber
Court sent the state petition, which pleaded to stay the High Court order, to
apex court regular bench for hearing on August 19.
Terming the initial writ against publishing gazette notification for
implementing the recommendations of ninth wage board, pre-matured, Attorney
General Mahbubey Alam said the petitioner filed the writ as he does not want
to pay the salary to journalists properly.
“Without journalists, the owners of newspapers do not have any existence,”
the court observed at the time of the hearing.
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