Ashiyan City can carry on housing project on 33 acres near Dhaka airport : SC

Staff Reporter :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Ashiyan City Development Limited to carry on its housing project on 33 acres of land near the Dhaka Airport area.

The Appellate Division of the SC, however, scrapped a verdict of the High Court that in a review petition had declared the Ashiyan City’s housing project legal.

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

Rights organisations’ lawyer Minhazul Haque Chowdhury said that Ashiyan City can run its housing project on the 33 acres of land following the Appellate Division judgement.

Next steps will be taken after receiving the full text of the verdict, he added.

Additional Attorney General Sk Md Morshed said Ashiyan City cannot run its housing business beyond the 33 acres of land following the Appellate Division verdict.