Demolition of BGMEA building now matter of time
Plea against BGMEA building demolition rejected
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking review of its judgement that upheld a High Court order for demolishing the BGMEA complex.
The apex court however asked the BGMEA authorities to submit an application before it seeking time for demolishing the building.
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A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha fixed Thursday for passing an order on the time application.
BGMEA’s lawyer Barrister Imtiaz Moinul Islam told The Daily Star that the building must be demolished but the SC will give some time to the BGMEA authorities for demolishing the structure.
BGMEA will seek a three-year time for the demolition, the lawyer said.
The SC on November 8 last year released the full text of its verdict in which the apex court upheld the HC judgment that ordered BGMEA to immediately demolish, at its own cost, the 15-storey building constructed illegally on the Begunbari canal and Hatirjheel Lake.
Otherwise, Rajuk will do it within 90 days of receiving the order and realise the cost from BGMEA, it said.