Favourable treatment by Executive to some Judges worries LSB

Legal practitioners during the opening of the Legal Year
Legal practitioners during the opening of the Legal Year

No matter so greatly affects the Administration of Justice (AoJ) than the erosion of judicial independence, the suspension and/or removal of Judges and the inequality in treatment of Judges by the Executive.

The Law Society of Botswana (LSB) attorney Mboki Chilisa says it is not a surprise that in the High Court his clients sought to join, as amicus [friend of the court], proceedings in which four suspended Judges sought to review and set aside certain decisions. These are:

l The decision of the Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo to place the issue of overpayment of the Judges’ housing allowance before the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)

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