SC stays demolition of Moon Gardens residential complex

Apex court directs the builders to submit Rs100 million as a penalty for the illegal construction


Hasnaat Malik November 17, 2015
Apex court directs the builders to submit Rs100 million as a penalty for the illegal construction. PHOTO: EXPRESS

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court stayed on Tuesday a Sindh High Court (SHC) verdict to demolish Moon Gardens residency constructed on land belonging to the Pakistan Railways Cooperative Housing Society in Karachi.

The apex court directed the residency builders to submit Rs100 million: Rs50 million in cash and the remaining with related documents along with a bank guarantee.

The decision was issued after the builder accepted the residential facility had been erected in violation of the rules and regulations, saying the 200 families in the complex had no knowledge of the illegalities involved.

SHC suspends temporarily eviction of Moon Gardens’ residents

On September 29, the SHC directed the police and Sindh Building Control Authority to get the building vacated and demolished, only to suspend its order till November 18.

Subsequently, on November 11, the court ordered police to arrest the builder involved in the construction.

COMMENTS (3)

Balma | 8 years ago | Reply I believe Jam Sadiq was vazir-e-baldiyaat when PM Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto joked about corrupt land dealings and requested the jam to at least spare the land around the Mazar of MA Jinnah.
Usman | 8 years ago | Reply SHC should take note of this and remember to take into account the fact that 'will true justice be delivered' by its verdicts? Demolishing the building would've deprived tens of families who were cheated by the builder of their homes. Why then, did SHC issue such a verdict? Thank god for the SC's intervention, these families will now not be homeless. . Homeless is a powerful and scary word. May Allah grant everyone a home to live in.
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