9th Wage Board: Appellate Division to hear Noab president’s arguments on 4 August

The Appellate Division has asked Newspaper Owners Association (Noab) President AK Azad to present his arguments on whether the newspaper owners should pay the income tax of the journalists and employees or whether the journalists should pay it.

He has been asked to present his statement either personally or through his lawyer on 4 August.

A 3-judge appellate bench led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan gave the order today (1 July) during a hearing of a leave to appeal petition of the Ministry of Information and the Cabinet Division against the High Court judgment on the income tax payment.

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