HC bans parking inside New Market
The High Court yesterday banned entering and parking of all types of vehicles including rickshaws and cars inside New Market in the capital for the next six months.
The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned and the market authorities to explain why their inaction to restrain such parking should not be declared illegal.
The HC bench of Justice Quazi Reza Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah passed the order and rule after hearing a writ petition filed by Imtiaz Ahmed, a resident of Old Dhaka, challenging the legality of the parking of vehicles inside the market.
Imtiaz, president of rights organisation Samajer Proti Jubor Udyog, said in the petition that people have been suffering due to vehicles entering and parking inside the market premises.
This has been causing hindrance to shoppers movement in the market -- a violation of the shoppers' rights, he added. The petitioner's lawyer, ABM Altaf Hossain, told The Daily Star that no vehicle can enter New Market and be parked there following the HC order.
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