High Court overrules Civil Court ruling to re-evaluate Hajj group proposal

High Court has over-ruled the Civil Court ruling which stated that the Islamic Ministry acted against policy when it decided not to evaluate the proposal by four groups that had submitted proposals.

Islamic Ministry had argued that the proposals were not evaluated because they were not submitted in accordance with Article 21 of the relevant regulation.

Article 21 (a) of the regulation states that the proposal shall only be accepted if delivered by a person that has on his person, his identification card and the company’s documents.

Consisting of three judges, the High Court bench that president the case voted 2 against the Civil Court ruling and 1 in favour. The judges who voted against the ruling stated that party's whose actions are contrary to the procedures may be deem liable facilitating corruption.

The four companies that filed the case against Islamic Ministry are; Al Manaasik Pvt Ltd, Al Fat’h Hajj and Umra Group Pvt Ltd, Al Safaa Pvt Ltd and Classic Hajj and Umra Pvt Ltd.