The application for a judge outside of the Gauteng division was made in a letter sent on Monday by Hlophe’s attorney, Barnabus Xulu
The application by the attorney of Western Cape judge president John Hlophe to have a judge from a division other than that of Gauteng hear his application to have the decision by the Judicial Service Commission to impeach him set aside, was rejected on Wednesday by deputy judge president of the Gauteng division Roland Sutherland.
Sutherland presided over an initial hearing of Hlophe’s application during which the first part dealing with urgency was abandoned and the second part dealing with the setting aside of the JSC’s impeachment decision as unconstitutional and invalid was postponed pending the finalisation of a time table for the filing of papers by the various parties including the JSC and Freedom Under Law which is applying to join the JSC’s opposition to Hlophe’s application...
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula to abide by court decision on Judge Hlophe applicationSpeaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says she will abide by the court decision after Western Cape High Court Judge President John Hlophe has filed a court application to halt his impeachment.
Read more »
Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula to abide by court decision on Judge Hlophe applicationSpeaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says she will abide by the court decision after Western Cape High Court Judge President John Hlophe has filed a court application to halt his impeachment.
Read more »
WATCH LIVE | Court hears John Hlophe’s urgent application to stay impeachment and suspension processThe Johannesburg high court is on Wednesday hearing Western Cape judge president John Hlophe's urgent application to stay parliament's impending impeachment process against him and the process for his suspension by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Read more »
Johannesburg High Court to hear Hlophe’s impeachment review applicationHlophe seeks to interdict his impeachment process, which is being reviewed by the National Assembly.
Read more »
Zuma, Thales case back in PMB courtThe KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg will hear arguments in the recusal application brought by Zuma's legal team.
Read more »
Zuma says SA is becoming a 'constitutional dictatorship' as he speaks out after ConCourt lossFormer President Jacob Zuma said: “The Constitutional Court in this case somehow found it fitting to deviate from its own rules and it was again another case of the laws and the constitution being bent and manipulated to specifically deal with Zuma,”.
Read more »