Dhaka, April 19 -- The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking why the authorities' inaction in implementing a mandatory registration and regulatory system for domestic workers under the Domestic Servants Registration Ordinance, 1961 should not be declared illegal.

The bench of Justice Razik-Al-Jalil and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury issued the rule following a preliminary hearing on a writ petition.

The court also sought an explanation as to why directives should not be given to enforce such a system in line with the recommendations outlined in the writ petition.

The court asked the Law, Labour and Employment, Home secretaries and director general of the Department of Labour to respond to the rule within four weeks.

Advocate Tanz...