Legal notices have been issued to those concerned, seeking a maximum price of 700 taka per kilogram of hilsa fish.
Supreme Court lawyer Khandaker Hasan Shahriar sent the notice on Sunday (September 29).
The notice names the Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, the Secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, the Director General of the National Consumer Rights Protection Department, the Chairman of the Bangladesh Competition Commission, the Chairman of the National Board of Revenue, and the Chief Controller of the Office of the Chief Controller of Import and Export as respondents.
In addition, the notice has asked to monitor the wholesale and retail markets of Hilsa fish within the next 7 days, take effective steps to prevent illegal smuggling of Hilsa fish across the border, submit a formal proposal in writing to India to maintain the ban on Hilsa fishing between India and Bangladesh at the same time or around the same time, in view of the realities of issues such as rising sea temperatures or climate change, and ensure that in the future, Hilsa fish is not exported to any country at a price lower than the market price in Bangladesh.
The notice also mentions that otherwise a writ will be filed in the High Court.
Earlier, a legal notice was sent to the interim government on September 22 in protest against the permission to export 3,000 tons of hilsa to India. But as the necessary measures were not taken within the specified time, a writ was filed in the High Court on September 25. At the same time, the writ sought a permanent ban on the export of hilsa from the Padma and Meghna rivers.
