Contempt of court rule issued against NBR chairman

A High Court division bench has issued a ruling on Tuesday seeking to know why disciplinary action should not be taken against Abu Hena Mohammad Rahmatul Muneem, chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for contempt of court.

A High Court division bench comprising Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Razik-al Jalil passed the order.

According to the documents, a legal notice was sent to the NBR chairman for not submitting a progress report following the High Court‍‍`s directives passed on November 8, 2020, to collect tax and VAT from social media as per the relevant laws of Bangladesh.

Supreme Court lawyers Barrister Humayun Kabir (Pallab) and Barrister Md Kausar mailed the warning notice on behalf of Law and Life Foundation Trust, to the chairman of NBR on May 19 this year, after he disobeyed the judgment and order of the High Court.

The notice said that if the instructions given by the High Court judgment are not followed within 10 days, a case will be filed on the charge of contempt of court.

Finally on June 5, a contempt of court case was filed against the Muneem as he continued to keep a mum and didn‍‍`t take any actions in this regard.