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| Bangladesh
- PIL Petitions on Safety Issues |
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| Collapse
of a Building owned by Spectrum Sweater Industries
in Dhaka in May 2005 |
| Petitioner |
Workers/bereaved
family members, and 9 Human rights organisations
inlcuding Ain-o-Salish Kendra (ASK), Bangladesh
Legal Aid Services Trust (BLAST), Bangladesh Environment
Law Association (BELA). To
download petition click here |
| Respondents |
20
Respondents including goverment bodies (Ministries,
Factory Inspectorate, Police), Employer Organisations,
and Directors of Spectrum |
| First
Hearing Date |
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| Initial
Order |
Rule
Nisi, 13 June 2005. "returnable within
three weeks", Government respondents had
to show cause as to "why they should not
be directed to take necessary measures and legal
actions to carry out and conduct an effective
and thorough public inquiry by a Commission
to be constituted by this honorable court chaired
by a sitting or retired judge of the Supreme
court and relevant expert members to identify
the reasons for the collapse and person and
agencies responsible, and to make recommendations
to prevent any such disaster in future"
To
download a copy of the rule click here |
| Current
Status |
Although
the case should have come back to the court within
three weeks of 13 June 2005, there has been no
further hearings |
| Criminal
Case |
To
download a copy of the First Information Report
click here |
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