Pramil Prasad whose family was arbitrarily evicted from an informal settlement in Tamavua says he is back in the flat after a court order was issued however he is demanding compensation as his belongings were destroyed by the landlord.
Legal Aid Commission Director, Shahin Ali and his staff took the matter to the High Court over the weekend, and Acting Chief Justice Kamal Kumar ordered that the landlord is restrained from denying Prasad and his family from entering and residing in the house at Waisasa Settlement, until the final determination of the matter.
The court has ordered that Prasad is to take possession of the premises and continue to stay there until the final determination, the landlord to arrange with the Water Authority of Fiji to reconnect water supply to the house within 7 days, the landlord is restrained from disrupting or disconnecting any utilities, the landlord is restrained from intimidating, threatening or abusing Prasad or any member of his family.
Prasad, his elderly mother, his wife who had just given birth almost two weeks ago and another five-year-old child were arbitrarily evicted on Friday.
He says he has a roof over his head today but he does not know where his new born baby will be sleeping tonight as their bed and mattresses have been destroyed because it was thrown outside by the landlord.
He says their electrical appliances were destroyed.
