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SC upholds HC judgment scraping defamation case against Yunus

Staff Correspondent  | banglanews24.com
Update: 2025-07-27 16:44:39
SC upholds HC judgment scraping defamation case against Yunus

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today upheld a High Court judgment that had scrapped the proceedings of a defamation case filed against Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the 2007 interim government and Nobel laureate.

A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury, passed the order by dismissing a state petition challenging the High Court verdict.

Additional Attorney General Aneek Rushd Haque represented the state, while advocate-on-record Md Taufique Hossain appeared for Dr Yunus.

The defamation case was filed in 2010 by JASAD Joint Secretary Nazrul Islam Chunnu over a statement made by Dr Yunus in 2007. In 2011, a petition was filed with the High Court seeking dismissal of the proceedings. The High Court on October 24, 2024, accepted the plea and scrapped the case.

The state later filed a leave to appeal against the HC judgment. The chamber judge court of the Appellate Division had earlier set July 27 for hearing the matter before the regular bench.

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