Case Number: Writ Petition No. 1683 of 2014
Date of filing: 2014/02/19
Petitioners
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA)
Respondents
- Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Public Works
- Secretary, Ministry of Land
- Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest
- Secretary, Ministry of Home
- Director General, Department of Environment
- Deputy Commissioner, Narayangonj
- Director (Monitoring and Enforcement), Department of Environment
- UpazillaNirbahi Officer, SonargaonUpazilla, Narayangonj
- Assistant Commissioner (Land), SonargaonUpazilla, Narayangonj
- Deputy Director, Department of Environment, Narayangonj
- Managing Director, Unique Property Development Ltd. Dhaka
Facts
‘SonargaonUpazilla’ of Narayangonj has been subjected to unregulated development where agricultural land, low-lying areas and wetlands are being indiscriminately filled up by few to implement their unauthorised development ventures (Sonargaon Resort City).
Rule/Order/Judgment
Date: 02/03/2014
Details
The High Court issued a Rule Nisi upon the respondents to show cause as to why the respondents should not be directed to protect the agricultural land, wetlands, low land at SonargaonUpazilla of Narayangonj from unauthorised earth filling for Sonargaon Resort City and to prevent further earth filling and why they should not be directed to realise the compensation for villagers.
Justices
Mr. Justice Mirza Hussain Haider
Mr. Justice Muhammad KhurshidAlam Sarkar
Area of law
Environment,
Livelihood,
Property,
Accountability and Institutional Reform
Keywords
‘Sonargaon Resort City’ case
Relevant statute
Bangladesh Environmental Conservation, 1995;
Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997;
Bangladesh Land Holding Limitation Order, 1972;
Land Reforms Ordinance, 1984
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