The High Court on Thursday recalled its earlier order rejecting two writ petitions that challenged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) orders over the reassessment of around Tk 600 crore as income tax from Grameen Kalyan for different tax years.
Grameen Kalyan is a non-profitable and charitable organisation founded by Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, who is now the Chief Adviser of the Interim Government.
In a suo moto move, the HC bench comprising Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar and Justice SM Maniruzzaman, which delivered judgement on August 4 this year, withdrew the earlier order.
The HC bench also sent the documents of the matters to Chief Justice Syed Refaat for necessary steps.
Grameen Kalyan's lawyer Sarder Jinnat Ali that the HC bench recalled the verdict and sent the documents to the Chief Justice as junior judge of the bench Justice SM Maniruzzaman felt embarrassed to write the judgement.
Justice Maniruzzaman felt embarrassed as he was a party in the case when he was lawyer earlier, the lawyer said, adding that Chief Justice may assign another HC bench for a fresh hearing of the writ petitions.