A writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking it directives to scrap all 'one-sided' power deals inked with Indian Adani Group.
Supreme Court lawyer Barrister M Abdul Qaiyum filed the petition as the public interest litigation with the concerned section of the HC on Wednesday.
The HC bench comprising Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashis Roy Chowdhury is likely to hold hearing on the petition next Sunday.
On November 6, the lawyer sent a legal notice to the Chairman to the Power Development Board and the Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy, seeking review or cancellation of the deals with Adani Group within three days.
If the review work of the deals isn't initiated within three days, a writ petition would be submitted in this regard, the notice reads. As the review work did not start within the stipulated time the petition was filed.
The Chairman of PDB and the Secretary of the Ministry of Energy have been asked to respond to the legal notice.
In the legal notice, Abdul Qaiyum said many experts have reportedly opined that under the said agreement, Bangladesh will pay significantly higher prices in comparison to what it pays for its other coal-based power for lower-grade coal.
The notice also called for the formation of a review committee comprising energy and legal experts to submit a detailed report.
On September 28, the National Review Committee decided to collect data on 11 power plants. Instructions were given from the Power Division to provide these information and documents to the committee. This includes Adani's power plant in India.
The government signed a 25-year power purchase agreement in November 2017 with Adani Power under an unsolicited offer, to buy electricity from its 1600 MW power plant in Godda of Jharkhand. It started importing electricity from the plant in April 2023.
