High Court scraps tanners' petition to operate factories until September

Tannery owners bid to continue operations at Dhaka’s Hazaribagh until September this year has been turned down by the High Court.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 29 March 2017, 12:38 PM
Updated : 29 March 2017, 12:38 PM

On Wednesday, the bench of Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Justice Md Salim rejected the plea filed by Bangladesh Tanners Association and Finished Leather Goods and Footwear Exporters Association.

The same bench, on Mar 6, ordered to close down all tanneries in the city immediately following a writ filed by the Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (BELA).

Leather businesses challenged the order in Appellate Division, but failed to secure a verdict in their favour.

Following the appeals court's order, they then moved the High Court seeking permission to run operations until the Eid-Ul-Azha, to be observed on the first week of September.

The owners had been reluctant despite repeated orders to shift their tanneries to the leather industrial zone at Savar.