Staff Reporter :
The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has upheld a High Court verdict that scrapped proceedings of a defamation case filed against Nobel Laureate and Economist Professor Muhammad Yunus.
A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury, rejected the state’s petition on Sunday seeking permission to appeal the High Court’s decision.
The defamation case was filed in 2010 over remarks made by Professor Yunus while he was serving as the Managing Director of Grameen Bank.
In 2011, Yunus filed a petition with the High Court seeking to quash the proceedings. On 24 October last year, the High Court delivered its verdict, declaring the case proceedings cancelled.
Following the publication of the full judgment, the state filed a leave-to-appeal petition, which was placed before the chamber court on 2 July.
The chamber court then set 27 July for a hearing before the full Appellate Division bench.
Additional Attorney General Anik R Haque appeared for the state during the hearing, while Advocate-on-Record Toufique Hossain represented Professor Yunus.
Speaking to the media after the hearing, Additional Attorney General Anik R Haque confirmed that the Appellate Division has rejected the state’s petition to appeal the High Court’s ruling.
