It was Bombay High Court that took a bold step and got a building, which was built after an undertaking, demolished.
KARACHI: This is in reference to the news story “Builder allowed to build Creek Terraces, Creek View ‘at own risk” (October 10). I am afraid that once the building project is complete, the builder will present the plea to the court that he has spent millions on it and will be ruined if the project, even if illegal, were to be demolished. He will plead for mercy and then the court will ask the petitioner to let the building stand and will impose a fine on the builder and compound the offence. And this will go on.
It was the Bombay High Court that took a bold step and got a building, which was built after an undertaking, demolished. Unless our courts are bold enough to do the same, we will continue to see illegal structures crowding our skyline.
Naushad Shafkat
Published in The Express Tribune, October 11th, 2013.
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