The Supreme Court will pass order on 9th wage board on Tuesday.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain came up with the observation while hearing an appeal by the state seeking a stay on a High Court (HC) order that delayed the publication of the upcoming 9th wage board gazette and its implementation.
The Appellate Division said that the existence of the newspaper owners depends on the journalists.
“Without journalists, newspaper owners have no existence,” the apex court also said.
The SC fixed the date after concluding hearing on the government petition.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam appeared for the state while Advocate AF Hasan Ariff and Advocate Md Yousuf Ali appeared for the NOAB.
Earlier, on August 6, the High Court issued a stay order on the upcoming 9th wage board gazette following a writ petition filed by the Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) challenging the legality of the formation of the 9th Wage Board.