Bangladesh, Sept. 1 -- The High Court has ruled that dismissing a teacher solely on the decision of a governing body, without prior approval from the education board's Appeal and Arbitration Committee, is illegal.

The court also said forming an investigation committee solely on the basis of a telephone instruction from the chairman of a governing body, bypassing the prescribed legal procedure, is completely unlawful.

The ruling was delivered on Jul 9 by a High Court bench comprising Justice Md Shohrowardi and Justice Justice Dihider Masum Kabir while disposing of a writ petition challenging the decision to dismiss Md Abul Mansur, an assistant professor in the mathematics department of Gachihata College in Katiadi Upazila of Kishoreganj...