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MNA National Desk: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the HC order asking the authorities concerned to remove all the illegal stairs from Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover.
A three-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice SK Sinha disposed of the leave to appeal petition filed by Orion Infrastructure Limited, the builder company, seeking stay on a High Court order.
On 31 May, the High Court, in its suomoto move, asked home secretary, commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Orion Infrastructure Limited to demolish the stairs from the flyover.
Later, the Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the SC Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed a status quo order following a plea filed by the builder company, seeking stay on a High Court order.
It also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to remove the stairs from the flyover.
There are stairs and bus stations to reach the Jatrabari flyover. Road accidents often caused as bus and laguna unusually stop at these stations amid transport rush.
