Online Desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday ordered to dispose the rule in a case filed against Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and three others as soon as possible. The Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order. Attorney general M Amin Uddin represented the state, while Barrister Abdullaha Al Mamun stood on behalf of Dr Yunus.

Earlier on August 3, the Appellate Division asked to dispose the rule within two weeks. The other three accused in the case are Grameen Telecom Managing Director Ashraful Hasan, Board Directors Nurjahan Begum and Md Shahjahan.

The High Court on July 23 issued a rule asking the state to explain why the labour court order that framed charges against Dr Yunus and three others of Grameen Telecom in the case should not be scrapped. Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice Ashish Ranjan Das issued the rule.

Sheikh Merina Sultana, chairman of the Third Labour Court of Dhaka, framed charges against Prof Yunus and others on June 6. On June 21, Dr Yunus filed an application with the HC challenging the legality of the charge framing.

On September 9, 2021, SM Arifuzzaman, a labour inspector (general) of the Inspection for Factories and Establishments Department, filed the case with the court against the four.