The High Court yesterday stayed for six months the government decision imposing tax on the incomes of prime minister, ministers, lawmakers, speaker and deputy speakers of Jatiya Sangsad, Supreme Court judges and other constitutional post holders.
The finance ministry on July 4 published two gazette notifications imposing tax on their incomes.
Following a writ petition, the HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore issued a rule upon the government to explain within three weeks why the gazettes should not be declared illegal.
Supreme Court lawyer Idrisur Rahman filed the petition challenging the legality of the gazettes.
Source : The Daily Star
