Ports company ordered to buy diesel exclusively from MPs’ company
The civil court granted the temporary order pending a judgment in a lawsuit filed by Meridiam Services, which claims the Maldives Ports Limited is buying diesel from other suppliers in breach of an agreement signed last April.
11 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
The civil court on Monday night ordered the state-owned Maldives Ports Limited to buy oil exclusively from a company owned by the family of ruling party MP Riyaz Rasheed.
The temporary order will be in effect pending a judgment in a lawsuit filed by Meridiam Services, which claims the MPL is buying diesel from other suppliers in breach of the “spirit and purpose” of an agreement signed last April.
Meridiam had won a bid to supply diesel to vehicles and vessels used on the MPL site.
Granting Meridiam’s request for a temporary order, the court agreed that the company would suffer “irreparable” damages if MPL continued to buy diesel from other suppliers.
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