SC tells plaza owner to deposit Rs20m

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed owners of a plaza built on a plot meant for public swimming pool to submit Rs20 million in the court within a week.

A three-member bench headed by Justice Umer Ata Bandial was hearing a contempt of court plea filed by the plaza owners.

The petitioners' counsel pleaded that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) was not issuing no-objection certificate NOC to his client despite of the top court's orders.

CDA's lawyer pleaded that the top court had ordered the owners to submit Rs45 million on December 4. However, the petitioners had not submitted this amount so far, he added.

The petitioner's lawyer said that it was a big amount and it was difficult for them to arrange it at once. To this the bench directed the petitioners to submit Rs20 million within one week.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 17^th, 2020.