No bar for DU Prof Reazul to join office
SC upholds HC order staying his suspension
The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that stayed the suspension of Dhaka University Professor Md Reazul Haque, clearing the way for him to discharge his duties.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the SC, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, passed the order through disposing of an appeal filed by DU authorities challenging the HC order.
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Reazul's lawyer Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua told The Daily Star that there is no legal bar for his client to join the office following the SC order.
Following a writ petition filed by Reazul, teacher of DU’s development studies department, the HC on April 9 stayed his suspension for six months and also issued a rule asking DU authorities to explain why their decision to suspend him without assigning any reason should not be declared illegal.
Reazul Haque was reportedly suspended following allegations of showing “obscene material” in one of his classes.
Reazul’s lawyer Jyotirmoy Barua earlier told this correspondent that the DU Syndicate meeting decided to suspend his client on February 27 and the university’s registrar sent a letter to him to this effect on March 7 without mentioning any reason.
There is no scope for the syndicate to suspend a teacher without any reason under the Dhaka University Ordinance and Regulation 1977, he said.