Formation | 1972 |
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Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Website | www |
The Labour Appellate Tribunal is a specialized court that is responsible for hearing appeals against verdicts of labour courts in Bangladesh.[1][2] The tribunal must hear cases within 180 days.[1] All decisions of the tribunal can be appealed at the High Court Division.[1]
There are 13 labour courts in Bangladesh.[3] As of April 2024, there were 23,571 pending cases with the labour courts and the Labour Appellate Tribunal.[3] Since March it had been operating without a chairman.[4] The court was hearing an appeal filed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus.[5][6]