On July 21, 2011, the High Court had ordered shutting down within a month the plants that were using toxic tannery wastes to produce poultry feed. But a daily newspaper published a report on Mar 25 tilted “Court's verdict ignored: Fish and chicken feed production using toxic tannery waste continues”. As the toxic feed was being produced in Savar, they were show-caused." As they did not work in accordance with the orders of the High Court, it issued a rule asking why the contempt of court charges against the six would not be brought against him. In December 2017, the Supreme Court had dismissed an appeal upholding the High Court judgment on the petition.

Source: bd News24 April 02, 2019 22:41 UTC