BHC strikes down clauses of DHA Quetta Act
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December 18, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) has declared certain clauses of the Defence Housing Authority Quetta Act, 2015 void, ruling that they violate the Constitution. It said that the Act shows the government of that time was incompetent
The provisions are Section 2(q), Section 6(b)(1)(14) and Section 14(B). A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Jamal Mandokhel heard the petition, which was filed by Advocate Kashif Kakar and Barrister Ali Zaidi, local media reported.
The order quoted the Act, which says that the executive board of the DHA had notified an area, calling it Controlled and Specified, of about 45,000 acres of land. The DHA intends to acquire this land to carry out planning and development on it.