1.Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST);
2.Md. Bellal;
3.Mollah Md. Nurul Islam
BLAST, along with the residents of Jhilpara Slum, filed a writ petition in the High Court on 06.04.2008 challenging a notice dated 19.03.2008 and issued by the Executive Magistrate directing the police to evict approximately 2,000 inhabitants of Jhilpara Slum, Shahli Thana, Dhaka and to vacate the slum area by 07.04.2008 on plea of illegal occupation.
The High Court stayed the operation of the notice on 07.04.2008 and issued a Rule Nisi on the respondents directing them to show cause as to why the threat of eviction without providing for alternative rehabilitation should not be declared to be without lawful authority and unconstitutional being in violation of the fundamental rights of the slum dwellers to life and to be treated in accordance with law.
Mr. Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain
Mr. Justice Farid Ahmed
Constitution, Articles 15, 31, 32;
Government Land and Properties (Recovery of Possession) Ordinance 1970;
International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (IC ESCR)
1.Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST);
2.Md. Bellal;
3.Mollah Md. Nurul Islam
BLAST, along with the residents of Jhilpara Slum, filed a writ petition in the High Court on 06.04.2008 challenging a notice dated 19.03.2008 and issued by the Executive Magistrate directing the police to evict approximately 2,000 inhabitants of Jhilpara Slum, Shahli Thana, Dhaka and to vacate the slum area by 07.04.2008 on plea of illegal occupation.
The High Court stayed the operation of the notice on 07.04.2008 and issued a Rule Nisi on the respondents directing them to show cause as to why the threat of eviction without providing for alternative rehabilitation should not be declared to be without lawful authority and unconstitutional being in violation of the fundamental rights of the slum dwellers to life and to be treated in accordance with law.
Mr. Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain,
Mr. Justice Farid Ahmed
Constitution, Articles 15, 31, 32;
Government Land and Properties (Recovery of Possession) Ordinance 1970;
International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (IC ESCR)