Pay Tk 99cr to Moon Cinema Hall owner: Court

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division has ordered to pay Tk 99 crore to Moon Cinema Hall owner.
 

A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by acting Chief Justice (CJ) Md Abdul Wahhab Miah gave the directive on Thursday.

The apex court ordered Muktijodhha Kalyan Trust and its managing director to pay the money in three installments to Maksudul Alam, currently managing director of Bangladesh Italian Marble Works Ltd.

Moon Cinema, which was located in Waize Ghat Road area of Dhaka, was handed over to the Freedom Fighters’ Welfare Trust during the Martial Law regime of 1975-79.
In its judgment on a writ petition, the High Court, in a landmark verdict on August 29, 2005, had declared illegal and void the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

The court also directed the government to release Moon Cinema Hall in favour of the company and asked the government to take steps to release its property in its original form.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on February 2, 2010 upheld the High Court verdict with some observations and modifications.

Maksudul filed a contempt of court petition with the Supreme Court in January 2013 against the authorities concerned of the government and Muktijodhha Kalyan Trust for not executing its verdict.

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