Eviction Notice to ASK: HC issues status quo for three months
The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to maintain a status quo for three months on the possession of the office of Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a leading rights organisation, at Dhaka’s Lalmatia.
It also imposed the status quo on the Rajuk mobile court order that fined ASK Tk two lakh and asked the organisation to leave its Lalmatia office in two months.
At the same time, the HC issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why the Rajuk mobile court order should not declared illegal.
The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order and issued the rule following a writ petition filed by ASK, challenging the legality of the mobile court’s order.
There is no legal bar to ASK running its office at Lalmatia following the HC order, ASK lawyer ZI Khan Panna told reporters.
The rights body on November 15 alleged that Rajuk’s mobile court, which fined and ordered the organisation to vacate its office in two months, forced them to sign a statement saying they have committed an offence.
The mobile court led by Rajuk Executive Magistrate Jesmin Aktar conducted the drive at the building of the ASK office on November 14 and demolished a part of its garage that was constructed flouting the Rajuk-approved plan.
Refuting the allegations, Jesmin Aktar said they took action according to Rajuk law.
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