Bill seeking amendment to ACJA scales second reading at Senate

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The bill seeks to amend some sections of the ACJA that contradict the principles of fair hearing and court jurisdiction as provided in the Constitution.

A bill seeking to amend the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 scaled second reading at the Senate on Wednesday.

And Section 273 states that “for the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred upon it under the Constitution or any law, a High Court of a State shall be duly constituted if it consist of at least one Judge of that Court.” “The Constitution should be read together on provisions with establishment ,composition and jurisdiction of courts as the various High Court as Court of Appeal rules have provisions for the position of pending cases, when judges are elevated.”

“In view of the aforementioned we submit that a Constitutional amendment is the best option to take care of such lacuna. Further general observation, our judicial system recognises and applies the rule of stare decisis, meaning rules of precedent and hierarchy of courts.

 

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