And its website is out-of-date and poorly maintained
The court's website is also poorly maintained. Judgments which have already been handed down are still listed as"awaiting judgment".
The Constitutional Court is setting a poor example by failing to deliver judgments timeously. South Africa's apex court currently has four late judgments outstanding and many others have been delivered late this year. Moreover, the court's website is poorly maintained, making it hard to know the status of cases.explain that judgments in both civil and criminal matters should generally not be reserved without a fixed date for handing them down.
The judicial norms and standards state that except for"exceptional cases where it is not possible to do so, every effort shall be made to hand down judgments no later than three months after the last hearing". Another example is the matter between the South African Social Security Agency and life insurance company Lion of Africa over deductions from children's grants.was already delivered on 26 May 2016, yet, it is listed as awaiting judgment on the court's website. The site also listsas reserved on 1 March 2017, but we understand that an order for this case was handed down.
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