Favourable treatment by Executive to some Judges worries LSB

Friday, January 13, 2017

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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Favourable treatment by Executive to some Judges worries LSB

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.

BNSC powerless as fights escalate

Sportspersons flock to politics

Attention turns to relegation

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Softball team denied World Cup chance

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