<p>Yunus' lawyer filed the petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Wednesday, a day after a two judge high court bench said that his continuance as managing director after 1999 was illegal, bdnews24.com, a news website reported. <br /><br />The bench of justices Muhammed Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed and Gobinda Chandra Tagore Tuesday dismissed two writ petitions - one filed by Yunus and the other by nine directors of the bank - against the March 2 order of Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank, removing Yunus. It observed that the Grameen Bank founder had been re-appointed improperly. <br /><br />Grameen, the micro-credit bank for rural women, has been replicated in many countries across the world. <br /><br />Yunus and the bank jointly won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Yunus's removal led to protests at home and abroad. <br /></p>
<p>Yunus' lawyer filed the petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Wednesday, a day after a two judge high court bench said that his continuance as managing director after 1999 was illegal, bdnews24.com, a news website reported. <br /><br />The bench of justices Muhammed Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed and Gobinda Chandra Tagore Tuesday dismissed two writ petitions - one filed by Yunus and the other by nine directors of the bank - against the March 2 order of Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank, removing Yunus. It observed that the Grameen Bank founder had been re-appointed improperly. <br /><br />Grameen, the micro-credit bank for rural women, has been replicated in many countries across the world. <br /><br />Yunus and the bank jointly won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Yunus's removal led to protests at home and abroad. <br /></p>