Legal battles initiated to protect Suhrawardy Udyan trees
Some Supreme Court lawyers and rights organisations have initiated legal battles in order to protect historic places at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital and its original and natural beauty.
Two SC lawyers today filed a contempt of court petition with the High Court against the government officials concerned on charge of felling trees and setting up restaurant at Suhrawardy Udyan ignoring its (HC) 2009 verdict.
Lawyers Mahbubul Islam and Ripan Barai submitted the contempt of court petition to the concerned office of the HC seeking its directive on three government officials to cancel the activities of cutting trees and constructing restaurants at Suhrawardy Udyan.
The three officials are Liberation War Affairs Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh, Public Works Department's Chief Engineer Md Shamim Akhter and Chief of Architects of Bangladesh Mir Manzur Rahman, petitioners' lawyer Manzill Murshid told The Daily Star.
In the contempt of court petition, they prayed to the HC to issue a contempt of court rule against the three officials for cutting trees and setting up restaurants in Suhrawardy Udyan in violation of the 2009 HC directives, he said.
Manzill Murshid said the HC may hold hearing on the contempt of court petition any day.
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Meanwhile, six rights organisations and an architect also collectively filed a writ petition with the HC seeking its directive on the government not to cut trees and not to damage environment and natural characteristics at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital