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The Bhujun couple loses Rs 5 m claims against Banque des Mascareignes Ltée

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The Bhujun couple loses Rs 5 m claims against Banque des Mascareignes Ltée
Sarnah Constructions Ltd has lost its claim for damages to the tune of Rs 5 million in the litigation that has arisen between it and Banque des Mascareignes Ltée in relation to banking facilities offered by the bank in the first case and between the couple Satyakan and Dikshita Bhujun…

Supreme Court rejects a claim of Rs 1.8 m against CMT

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Supreme Court rejects a claim of Rs 1.8 m against CMT
Justice Raffick Hamuth, sitting at the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court, has ruled out that the claim of Rs 1,886,1000 made by Crane & Containers Services Ltd to the Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile Ltée (CMT) for the transportation of materials and the manipulation of machines and equipments for services…

Ferney Spinning Mills Ltd found guilty for breach of OSHA 2005

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Ferney Spinning Mills Ltd found guilty for breach of OSHA 2005
Magistrate Patrick Kam Sing, sitting at the Industrial Criminal Court, has recently sanctioned Ferney Spinning Mills Ltd for lack of security at work following the injury of one of its employees named Bruno Laverdure.

Bauda acquitted of rape due to unreliable identification

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Bauda acquitted of rape due to unreliable identification
Accused Jean François Bauda stood charged under three counts of information for having under count 1 raped then 25-year old married housewife, Mrs X, the complainant, at her residence; under counts 2 and 3 he was sued for aggravated larceny whilst being more than two individuals of Rs 3,000 on…

CD World acquitted of breach of copyright

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CD World acquitted of breach of copyright
CD World Ltd represented by its director, Mohammad Wally Ahad Dhoorundhur, which was answering a charge under two counts of information for possession of several fake music CD in breach of the Copyright Act, has been acquitted last week by Senior Magistrate, Miss Adilah Hamuth sitting at the District Court…

Low compensation because deceased sirdar could not depose

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Low compensation because deceased sirdar could not depose
In two connected cases which have been consolidated for one judgment to be filed in each Court record, lodged before the Industrial Court Civil Division, neither the employee working as labourer nor the employer has been able to prove his claim because the “Sirdar” named Gooroo, the witness who could…

New ruling by Appeal Court in a consolidated appeal case of drug trafficking

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New ruling by Appeal Court in a consolidated appeal case of drug trafficking
The appeal Bench constituted of Justices Saheeda Peeroo and Nirmala Devat in a ruling delivered a few weeks ago has reduced the sentence upheld by the trial Court convicting Kevalen Pardessy to a lesser term of imprisonment and to a reduced fine.

Benefit of doubt for possession of cannabis seeds

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The Acting Vice-President of the Intermediate Court Criminal Division, Magistrate Niroshini Ramsoondar, has come with a verdict of guilt under three Counts and not guilty under the Count 4 in the case of Mohamad Tasheel Abadoo

Pandit fired for insulting Acharya loses compensation case

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Pandit fired for insulting Acharya loses compensation case
Pandit Shamduth Mohabir has lost his case for severance allowance against Hindu Maha Sabha because his summary dismissal was fully justified.

Judge refuses injunction prohibiting Police to access Ramgoolam’s phones

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Judge refuses injunction prohibiting Police to access Ramgoolam’s phones
Justice Rita Teelock sitting in Chambers has refused an interlocutory writ of injunction to the former Prime Minister, Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam to be issued restraining and prohibiting the Police from having indiscriminate access to his six mobile phones and/or copying or otherwise storing data contained in the internal memory or…

Ex-police officer, retired on public interest, loses case

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Ex-police officer, retired on public interest, loses case
Justices Saheeda Peeroo and Nirmala Devat sitting at the Supreme Court have last week set aside the application made by Neerunjun Ramen

Tamak loses a second time against Pentagon Universal Ltd

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Tamak loses a second time against Pentagon Universal Ltd
The Chief Justice Keshoe Parsad Matadeen and Justice Asraf Caunhye sitting on appeal have rejected the appeal lodged by Tamak Distribution Ltd and Tamak Retail Ltd against a decision of the trial Court forbidding them “from dealing in any manner whatsoever with or in any products bearing any designs, logos,…

Appeal Court upholds imprisonment for forgery and bribery

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Appeal Court upholds imprisonment for forgery and bribery
The Senior Puisne Judge Eddy Balancy and Justice Rita Teelock sitting on appeal have last week set aside with costs the appeal lodged by Aboo Bakar Sidick Noormamode whereby the appellant was found guilty by the Intermediate Court Criminal Division for having falsified the act of marriage of Kounal Poorun…

Magistrate invites DPP to sue driving instructor for false and malicious denunciation

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Magistrate invites DPP to sue driving instructor for false and malicious denunciation
For having made a false and malicious denunciation, a driving instructor found himself in trouble. Now the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will have to take action against him, following the judgment delivered by the senior magistrate Miss Adeelah Hamuth. Following the statement he made to the police, F.H.N.

Appeal Court rules in favour of sale by levy of building

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Appeal Court rules in favour of sale by levy of building
The appeal Court constituted of the Senior Puisne Judge, Eddy Balancy and Justice A.R. Hajee Abdoula, has upheld the judgment of justice Ashraf Caunhye not to forbid the Sale by Levy of an immoveable property to the extent of 1 arpent and 6 perches situated at St Pierre and on…

The Court is not a sausage machine to produce justice, Magistrate Sheila Bonomally says

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The Court is not a sausage machine to produce justice, Magistrate Sheila Bonomally says
The absence of a defendant in Court does not justify that it must deliver judgment in favour of the plaintiff. In a judgment delivered last week, Magistrate Sheila Bonomally, sitting at the Intermediate Court Civil Division, has refused to award judgment in term of the reclamation of Gray Incorporation Ltd…

Supreme Court refuses moral damage for arbitrary arrest

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Supreme Court refuses moral damage for arbitrary arrest
The Managing Director of Harel Technologies Ltd (HMT), Mario Alain Chung Ching Ah Sue lost his case for damages against the State of Mauritius for arbitrary arrest and detention by the police in 2005.

Notary Deelchand and accomplices found guilty of conspiracy

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Notary Deelchand and accomplices found guilty of conspiracy
Magistrate Anjalee Devi Ramdin, vice-President of the Intermediate Court, in a judgment delivered last week has found the four accused parties Notary Public Vinay Deelchand, Sandeep Appadoo, Mahendra Chooneea and Dharmanandan Sambon guilty with the offence of conspiracy in breach of Section 109 (1) of the Criminal Code (Supplementary) Act.

The DPP loses on appeal in a dismissed rape case

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The DPP loses on appeal in a dismissed rape case
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has lost in a case of rape which was dismissed by the trial Court. The appeal Bench consisting of Justices Asraf Caunhye and G. Jugessur-Manna has rejected the appeal lodged by the DPP contesting the judgment of the Intermediate Court dismissing the charge of…

Appeal Court orders removal of illegal structures

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Appeal Court orders removal of illegal structures
Emtel Limited has been ordered by the Appeal Court to remove the structures which it has put up at the premises found at No 15 A Labourdonnais Street, Port Louis without having obtained the relevant Permit in that connection, namely: (a) the 6 meter high telecommunication tower; (b) the room…
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