No bar to operating Ashiyan City housing project: SC

The Supreme Court docket on the present time (5 December) disregarded the overview petition of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) aggravating the appellate division’s verdict declaring the Ashiyan City housing undertaking in the capital’s Khilkhet real.

The corpulent bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, announced the choice on the present time (5 December), confirmed Recommend Ahsanul Karim who represented the defendant.

As a outcomes of the final real battle’s result there’s not any longer any obstacle to working the residential undertaking, he added.

On 22 November final 365 days the Supreme Court docket declared the Ashiyan City housing undertaking in the capital’s Dakshinkhan home as real, concluding an 11-365 days-long real battle. The corpulent bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan announced the judgment.

The judgement also brought reduction to a pair of the households, including non-resident Bangladeshis, who bought plots there nonetheless would possibly maybe perhaps not originate constructing their homes due to the true bar.

Later, Bela filed a overview petition against the choice of appellate division.

In 2012, the Bela along with loads of other NGOs filed a writ petition with the Excessive Court docket, searching for a ban on all activities of Ashiyan City.

The petitioners argued that Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) had no magnificent authorities to approve the Ashiyan City undertaking covering 43.11 acres of land.

In 2016, the Excessive Court docket, after a two-stage listening to, declared the operation of the Ashiyan City Housing undertaking legit, scrapping its earlier judgement that had declared the undertaking unlawful in 2014.

The authorities and Bela filed two separate appeals against the Excessive Court docket’s judgement in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court docket.