Seeks arguments from SBCA, other parties over hotel owners plea
The Sindh High Court rejected on Tuesday a plea seeking stay on the anti-encroachment operation against hotels constructed at Super Highway.
The counsel representing the hotel owners maintained that the land on which his clients have constructed the hotels is for both residential and commercial purposes. He contended that the Sindh Building Control Authority s notice pertaining to the demolition of these hotels was illegal.
The court remarked that it would hear the arguments of the relevant authorities before issuing any orders on the matter and rejected the request for stay.
SC irked at illegal constructions
Orders demolition of Royal Park Residency, suspension of shopping mall project
Supreme Court of Pakistan. PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI:
Hearing the case pertaining to payment of compensation to the affected residents of Royal Park Residency on Wednesday, the Supreme Court directed the relevant authorities to immediately take over the Creek Side Shopping Mall project and complete the demolition of Royal Park Residency within a month.
Where did the owners of Royal Park Residency flee to when they have other projects in Karachi, inquired the bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed.
The counsel representing the affected residents informed the court that one of the partners of the residential project is in London and the other is in Dubai. He further informed the court that another project of theirs - the Creek Side Shopping Mall - is being constructed in Defence Housing Authority.
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down hard on Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) authorities for leasing out its land to private persons to build high-rises and failing to remove encroachments and issued notice to the top law officer of the federal government.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Qazi Mohammad Amin Ahmed observed that the cantonment land could not be used to raise private buildings and there was categorization of such land, which needed to be examined.
It asked the attorney general to assist it.
The chief justice said that no progress had been made to comply with its earlier order to remove encroachments from the land owned by the federal authorities and rather more high-rise buildings were being constructed on such land.
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KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that gangs and land grabbing mafias were operating in the city with the support of government officials besides the Sindh Building Control Authority’s unauthorized permission for scores of high-rise buildings that will subsequently turn the city into a graveyard.
Hearing the petitions against illegal encroachments on public parks and amenity lands in Karachi, the SC’s three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, directed the chief minster Sindh to submit a report about the steps being taken for remedying the state of affairs in Karachi.
At the outset of the proceedings, the chief justice inquired from the additional advocate general about the compliance of SC directions given to the CM Sindh to correct the state of affairs of Karachi as there was a total collapse of civic agencies in Karachi. The additional advocate general, Sindh, submitted that secretaries of concerned departments have
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December 30, 2020
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that gangs and land grabbing mafias were operating in the city with the support of government officials besides the Sindh Building Control Authority’s unauthorized permission for scores of high-rise buildings will subsequently turn the city into a graveyard.
Hearing the petitions against illegal encroachments on public parks and amenity lands in Karachi, the SC’s three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, directed the chief minster Sindh to submit about the steps being taken for remedying the state of affairs in Karachi.
At the outset of the proceedings, the chief justice inquired from the additional advocate general about the compliance of SC directions given to the CM Sindh to correct the state of affairs of Karachi as there was a total collapse of civic agencies in Karachi. The additional advocate general, Sindh, submitted that secretaries of concerned departments have filed their re