Deputy PG seeks Supreme Court assistance in Criminal Court dispute
22 Jan 2014, 4:22 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Deputy Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem has written to the Supreme Court regarding a decision made by the Criminal Court to halt all pending cases until a new prosecutor general is appointed.
Shameem said that the letter was sent last week but that the Supreme Court had not responded to it.
“It was a complaint letter we sent because the Supreme Court had previously ordered the Criminal Court to continue its functions as normal,’’ he said. “But the Criminal Court had not implemented the order, and is refusing to accept new cases.’’
According to Shameem, the Criminal Court’s decision was appealed at the High Court but the court’s registrar decided not to accept the appeal, asking the High Court’s Judges panel to review the decision.
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