Case Number: Writ Petition No. 7432 of 2013

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Date of filing: 2013/07/21

Petitioners

1. Md. Anower Hossain, Zakir Dairy Poultry and Fisheries Farms
2. Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers’ Association (BELA) was added as a co-petitioner on 02.08.2015.

Respondents

Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest
Secretary, Ministry of LGRD and Co-operative
Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources
Director General, Department of Environment
Director General, WAPDA, Dhaka
Administration, Dhaka North City Corporation
Officer-in-Charge, Mohammadpur Police Station, Dhaka

Facts

The Dhaka North City corporation has dumped waste in the Dhaka Coordinated Flood Prevention Project land that threatens the local environment, adjacent wetlands, public land and embankment and the lawful trade of Zakir Diary.

Rule/Order/Judgment

Date: 22/07/2013

Details

The High Court issued a Rule Nisi upon the respondents to show cause as to why the illegal dumping of waste on the Dhaka Coordinated Flood Prevention Project land should not be declared to be illegal, unauthorised, and against the public interest and why the respondents should not be directed to protect the land.

Justices

Mr. Justice Mirza Hussain Haider
Mr. Justice Muhammad Khursid Alam Sarkar

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Area of law

Environment

Keywords

‘Zakir Diary’ case

Relevant statute

Constitution, Articles 13, 18A, 21, 31, 32 and 40;

Bangladesh Environmental Conservation, 1995;

Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997;

মহানগরী, বিভাগীয় শহর ও জেলা শহরের পউর এলাকাসহ দেশের সকল পউর এলাকার মাঠ, উম্মুক্ত স্থান, উদ্যান এবং প্রাকৃতিক জলধার সংরক্ষণ আইন, ২০০০;