The High Court has ruled that the indemnity granted under Section 9 of the Quick Rental Power and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act, 2010, was illegal and unconstitutional.
On Thursday (November 14), the High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury delivered this verdict.
Following a hearing on the rule issued to explain why the indemnity provided under Section 9 of the Quick Rental Power and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act, 2010, should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional, the High Court set November 7 as the date for the ruling. The bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury fixed this date. Dr. Shahdeen Malik represented the petitioners in court, alongside Barrister Cynthia Farid.
On September 2, the High Court issued a rule asking why the indemnity granted under Section 9 of the Quick Rental Power and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act, 2010, should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.
Previously, two Supreme Court lawyers filed a writ petition challenging the validity of the indemnity in quick rentals and Section 6(2) regarding purchases in the law.
The writ named the Secretary of the Legislative Drafting Division of the Ministry of Law, the Secretary of the Finance Division, the Secretary of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, the Chairman of Petrobangla, and the Chairman of the Power Development Board as respondents. The rule seeks a declaration on why Sections 6(2) and 9 of the law should not be declared beyond legal authority.
