Former UNB news editor wins legal battle for dues
The appellate division of the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the appeal plea of United News of Bangladesh (UNB) against the High Court division's judgement to pay the dues to its former news editor.
An appellate division bench headed by Chief Justice M Ruhul Amin gave the order after hearing the petition. Other members of the bench were Justice Fazlul Karim and Justice MM Ruhul Amin.
Earlier, the High Court division rejected a writ petition filed by UNB challenging the First Labour Court's judgement ordering the UNB management to pay the dues to Bakhtiar Rana, following his resignation as its news editor on July 1, 2002.
Rana, who served the news agency since its inception in 1988, had filed the case with the First Labour Court in Dhaka as UNB did not pay the dues despite repeated requests.
The Labour Court in its judgement on June 26, 2003 ordered the UNB to pay the dues.
The UNB management then filed a writ petition with the High Court division against the Labour Court's judgement.
The High Court division rejected the writ petition on April 13, 2004.
Later, the UNB management filed a petition seeking leave to appeal against the High Court division's order.
Advocate Mahbubul Huq appeared for Bakhtiar Rana.
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