This file photo shows some lawyers at the debris of their demolished chambers on Feb 8. Mohammad Asim / White Star
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the Capital Development Authority (CDA) from demolishing illegal chambers of lawyers constructed on the Football Ground, greenbelts and footpaths.
The lawyers have expressed willingness to submit an undertaking to vacate the amenity land once construction of the lawyers’ complex was completed.
A Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed, issued a stay order effective till March 2 on an appeal filed by the Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) against the Islamabad High Court (IHC)’s order to declare the lawyers’ chambers illegal. The SC bench asked the attorney general (AG) to appear in the court on the said date.