LHC declares riverfront project pleas maintainable. The Punjab government's opposition to the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project (RRU
LHC declares riverfront project pleas maintainable. The Punjab government’s opposition to the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project (RRUDP) was dismissed by Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court. He deemed the petitions against the RRUDP maintainable.
The government’s lawyer stated that the petitions and stay orders previously given became infructuous after the Ravi Urban Authority (Amendment) Ordinance 2021. Hence the judge had deferred his ruling on the maintainability argument.
In the meanwhile, the court has not issued a written ruling declaring the petitions to be admissible.
AGP Ahmad Awais claimed that they had vacated the court’s stay orders and the petitions were infructuous because had issued the modified ordinance to cover legal weaknesses. He further contended that the courts had no authority to become involved in policy decisions made by the government. The LHC rules that petitions opposing a riverfront development are maintainable.
As a result, the acquisition of property for the project had been halted because it did not meet legal and environmental standards. LHC declares the arguments against the riverside project are maintainable