| Petition to force Government to establish a body to enforce the Bangladesh
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| Petitioner |
Bangladesh Legal Aid Services Trust
(BLAST), and Occupational Safety Health and Environment Trust (OSHE). To
download the Notice for Justice and the subsequent writ petition |
| Respondents |
Secretaries of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Labour and Manpower, Environment and Forest, the Chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha (RAJUK) |
| First
Hearing Date |
29 January 2008 |
| Initial
Order |
Rule
Nisi, 29 January 2008: directed the government to explain within four weeks why it’s failure to establish a government agency to enforce the Bangladesh National Building Construction Code, 2006 – which became law in November 2006 - is not in breach of the law.
The High Court has also directed the government to submit a statement to the court setting out what steps it has taken to secure the safety of construction workers since the Code became law in November 2006. |
| Current
Status |
Waiting for the government to respond |
| Criminal
Case |
Not Relevant |
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