FOI: Lawyers Urge Supreme Court To Expedite Hearing Of Appeals

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Lawyers have called on the Supreme court to expedite the hearing of appeals arising from Freedom of information cases that are presently pending before it in order to clear up the controversy over the applicability of the Act to public institutions at the state and local government levels and other constitutional issues. In a communique […]

 

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