The bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Md Kamrul Islam Mollah passed the order and fixed April 22 for the next hearing on the rule.
Earlier Dr Yunus and Ashraful Hasan virtually appeared before the court.
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The HC on February 18 summoned Dr Yunus and Md Ashraful to virtually appear before the court to explain why they failed to reinstate 38 employees in the organization as per the court’s previous order.
Advocate Rokanuddin Mahmud and Mostafizur Rahman stood for the Grameen Telecom while Deputy Attorney General Nowroz Md Rasel Chowdhury represented the state and advocate Yusuf Ali and Ujjal Hossain moved for the petitioner.
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Advocate Rokanuddin Mahmud and Mostafizur Rahman told the HC that employees were not terminated from the organization and are still getting service related benefits.
“Moreover, the organization offer unconditional apology if anything happened entirely unintentionally,” the lawyers said.
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Md Kamruzzaman, one of the 38 terminated employees, filed the contempt of court petition on February 18 while the HC issued the rule and summoned the duo.