AoJ focuses on service delivery, Courts performance

Opening of the legal year PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Opening of the legal year PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The introduction of amended rules of the court by the Administration of Justice (AoJ), through its Rules Advisory Committee, is expected to enhance service delivery and turnaround time in dispensation of justice.

Chief Justice, Terrence Rannowane in his legal year address said the High Court Rules have been amended, approved and published beginning this year. “The amendment of the High Court Rules has incorporated written judicial standards for delivery of rulings and judgements as well as provisions empowering the Chief Justice to issue Practice Directives,” he said.

Rannowane explained that the amended rules also provide for a complaint process for delayed judgements, which will improve the effectiveness of the speedy disposal of cases.

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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