DHAKA: Chamber Judge court of Appellate Division stayed the High Court order till July 17 regarding fine against tannery owners for not shifting factories.

Earlier, the High Court ordered to fine 154 tanner owners everyday Tk 50,000 until they transfer their factories from city’s Hazaribagh to Savar.

Following the appeal by the owners, the court of chamber judge Hasan Fayez Siddique passed the order of the appeal hearing in the full bench on July 17 and stop fining the owners till then.

Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Tapash and Barrister Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury stood for the tannery owners.

Earlier on June 27, Bangladesh Tanneries Association (BTA) and Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear Exporters Association appealed seeking the stay of the High Court order.

BDST: 1454 HRS, JUN 28, 2016
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