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Suzman group: JSC process unlawful
Cape Town :: South Africa | 11 days ago
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The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) wants the Judicial Service Commission's decision-making process, which overlooked Jeremy Gauntlett SC for a job on the Bench, declared unlawful, it said on Friday. The foundation said that although the case in the
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Kenya: Uhuru Tribunal to Probe Judge
Cape Town :: South Africa | 17 days ago
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Yesterday the President formed a tribunal to investigate three complaints against Mutava which were forwarded by the Judicial Service Commission...Mutava is the first judge to be suspended out of the new judges who were approved after being subjected
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JSC probe was flawed, says judge
Nairobi :: Kenya | 19 days ago
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A judge has criticised the Judicial Service Commission for recommending that a tribunal be set up to investigate his conduct. Justice Joseph Mutava through lawyer Philip Nyachoti has written to Chief Justice Willy Mutunga claiming investigation into
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Pattni judge suspended
Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 month ago
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Rating In Summary The decision was reached last evening at a special sitting of the JSC where the findings of a sub-committee headed by Supreme Court judge Justice Smokin Wanjala were discussed for the second time in a month. Last week the Saturday
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Team told to hurry up probe on Pattni ruling
Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 month ago
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The Judicial Service Commission has directed a special committee investigating the conduct of a judge who dropped all Goldenberg related cases facing businessman Kamlesh Pattni to table its findings urgently. The directive was issued on Friday when
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UGM, JSC establish school for farmers
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 1 month ago
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We want to improve the prospects for farmers by educating and organizing them, Pustek head Revrisond Baswir said on Thursday. The JSC chairman Bugiakso said that Farmer School was established upon concern about decreasing prosperity for farmers and a
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Idea of 'merit' offensive - Smuts
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 1 month ago
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Former Judicial Service Commission (JSC) official Izak Smuts has suggested that the idea of merit when it comes to making judicial appointments is "offensive", it was reported on Sunday. "The term 'merit' is undefined, just as the term '
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Uproar over court ruling clearing Pattni
Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 month ago
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A storm has erupted over a High Court ruling which cleared businessman Kamlesh Pattni of all criminal charges relating to the multi-billion-shilling Goldenberg scandal. The Law Society of Kenya on Saturday questioned the circumstances under which
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Selecting judges 'a very difficult task'
Cape Town :: South Africa | 2 months ago
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Retired Constitutional Court Judge Kate O'Regan said the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) faced "a very difficult task" in deciding how to select judges, The Star reported on Wednesday...She was speaking at the 18th Commonwealth Law Conference on
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JSC member quits
Cape Town :: South Africa | 2 months ago
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Judicial Service Commission (JSC) member Isak Smuts has resigned from his position on the JSC. Smuts, who represents the advocates' profession, informed the commission on Friday that he was quitting, while the JSC was doing its last round of
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