Ashiyan City gets SC nod to carry on housing project

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Shawdesh Desk:

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave permission to the Ashiyan City Development Limited to carry on its housing project on 33 acres in the capital’s airport area.

The SC declared the Ashiyan City’s housing project legal, scrapping a High Court verdict.

A six-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan, disposed two appeals filed by the government and eight rights organisations against the HC verdict with observations.

The observations can be known after the full text of the judgement is released.

After the verdict, lawyers said, there is no bar to continue the project now.

Following a review petition filed by Ashiyan City, the HC on August 16, 2016, scrapped its earlier judgement that had declared the Ashiyan City housing project illegal.

Then the government and eight rights organisations filed two separate appeals with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court challenging the HC verdict.