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Court strikes out ‘scandalous’ allegations

Molebatsi
Molebatsi

The State has won a case in which it had filed an interlocutory application to strike out averments which it deem ‘scandalous’ and had the potential to damage the image of the Judiciary and Chief Justice (CJ), Terence Rannowane.

Delivering the ruling yesterday, presiding judge Godfrey Radijeng ordered that the averments which run from page 11 to 40 in the affidavit be struck out.

On Tuesday state lawyer Phazha Molebatsi argued that the averments would negatively affect the Judiciary and CJ outside the court proceedings.

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