BHC strikes down clauses of DHA Quetta Act
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December 18, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) has declared certain clauses of the Defence Housing Authority Quetta Act, 2015 void, ruling that they violate the Constitution. It said that the Act shows the government of that time was incompetent
The provisions are Section 2(q), Section 6(b)(1)(14) and Section 14(B). A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Jamal Mandokhel heard the petition, which was filed by Advocate Kashif Kakar and Barrister Ali Zaidi, local media reported.
The order quoted the Act, which says that the executive board of the DHA had notified an area, calling it Controlled and Specified, of about 45,000 acres of land. The DHA intends to acquire this land to carry out planning and development on it.
The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Wednesday declared certain clauses of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Act unconstitutional and null and void. BHC website/File
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Wednesday declared certain clauses of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Act unconstitutional and null and void.
A BHC bench headed by Chief Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail and also comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, Justice Hashim Khan Kakar, Justice Abdul Hameed Baloch and Justice Abdullah Baloch announced the verdict after completing the hearing of a constitutional petition filed by lawyer Kashif Kakar challenging the DHA Act, 2015.
The chief justice read out the verdict after listening to the final arguments from both sides and declared Clauses 2-q, 6b 1-14 and 14b of the Quetta DHA Act, 2015, null and void, saying these clauses were in clash with the Constitution of Pakistan.
Balochistan court strikes down sections of DHA Quetta Act
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Construction on DHA Quetta. Photo: Reporter
The Balochistan High Court has declared certain sections of the Defence Housing Authority Quetta Act, 2015 void, ruling that they violate the Constitution. It said that the act shows the government of that time was incompetent.
The provisions are Section 2(q), Section
6(b)(1)(14) and Section 14(B).
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Jamal Mandokhel heard the petition, which was filed by Advocate Kashif Kakar and Barrister Ali Zaidi.Â
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KE CEO, three other officials acquitted in electrocution case
Karachi
December 15, 2020
A district and sessions court on Monday acquitted four K-Electric (KE) officials, including its chief executive officer (CEO), from a case pertaining to the death of a teenager by electrocution during the last monsoon rains in Karachi.
The South additional district and sessions judge, Aurangzeb Shah, approved the C-class report submitted by police in the case which stated that the family of the deceased Faizan did not want to pursue the case as they had reached an out-of-court settlement with the power utility.
Police had booked KE CEO Moonis Alvi, distribution head Amir Zia, senior security officer Faheem and assistant manager Owais for allegedly causing the death of 19-year-old Faizan from electrocution at the companyâs office in Defence Housing Authority Phase-VII on Aug 11, 2020. All the accused had obtained bail from the Sindh High Court.