Court overthrows settlement order PUBLISHED : 18 Sep 2023 at 20: 02 The pillars and beams of the notsuccessful Hopewell mass transit job stay in Bang Khen district. (File picture: Nutthawat Wicheanbut) The Central Administrative Court on Monday overthrew an arbitration tribunal’s order for the Ministry of Transport and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to pay multi-billion baht in settlement in the “Hopewell legend”. As a result, the ministry and the SRT will not have to pay the substantial settlement to Hopewell Thailand. In a Facebook post on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga stated, “Congratulations to all Thais. We have won the Hopewell case.” Mr Pirapan formerly headed a working panel dealing with issues associated with the deserted rail job. However, Hopewell can still appeal the court’s choice. On March 4, last year, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled in favour of the Transport Ministry and the SRT’s demand for a retrial following a 2021 judgment versus them by the Central Administrative Court in the “Hopewell legend”. As a result, the settlement conflict began onceagain with the Central Administrative Court. At the time, Mr Pirapan stated that the ministry and the SRT argued that the statute of restrictions had currently ended and needto have influen
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