Appeal Court urges Magistrates’ attention to right to fair hearing
In a judgment delivered by the Appeal Court, the Senior Puisne judge Eddy Balancy and Justice Rehana Mungly-Gulbul has invited the Master and Registrar of the Supreme Court to draw the attention of...
View ArticleDream Transport to pay Rs 948,000 to couple following accident
The Supreme Court having on the bench Justice Nirmala Devat has last week awarded damages amounting to Rs 948,000 to Sewraj Hanjary and his wife Anne-Marie Johanne following a road accident in which...
View ArticleNHDC Marketing manager acquitted of corruption
Hing Yan Wong Man Wan, the Marketing manager of the National Housing Development Company (NHDC), has been acquitted recently by Magistrate Niroshinee Ramsoondar sitting at the intermediate Criminal...
View ArticleAza freed in hold-up and possession of stolen properties case
Magistrate Azam Neerooa sitting at the Intermediate Criminal Court has acquitted last week Allan Stephano Aza who was answering a charge with “larceny whilst being armed with an offensive weapon under...
View ArticleAfter 27 years litigation : Dr Gujjalu wins against vendor’s heirs
Twenty-seven years after an immovable transaction had been concluded by virtue of a deed under private signature between Dr Amah Chaya Rama Swamy Gajjalu and late Samy Sunnassee, for the sale of an...
View ArticleGoolfee loses case for damages against Aulleear
Bhye Hassam Goolfee has lost his claim for damages against Bilal Aullear before the Intermediate Civil Court. Goolfee had accused the defendant for having stated on Radio Plus on the 5th and 6th of...
View ArticleFine of Rs 3,000 for outrage to ASP upheld on appeal
The fine of Rs 3,000 inflicted by the Magistrate of the District Court of Mahebourg upon Jacques Dabbadie for the offence of outrage against an agent of the civil authority, an Assistant Superintendent...
View ArticleAppeal lodged after prescribed delay, Gungapersand to undergo his sentence
Sooriadev Gungapersand lodged his appeal after the delay of 15 days as prescribed by the law. Accordingly his appeal is rejected by the appeal bench, constituted by Justices Rehana Mungly Gulbul and...
View ArticleBail refused to man charged for burning wife alive
Magistrate Neeshal K. Jugnauth, sitting at the Bail and Remand Court, has last week refused to grant bail to the applicant, Ackbar Goolamgoskhan, who is presently answering a provisional charge with...
View ArticleNo appeal for drug trafficker Fangamar, serving 26 years’ imprisonment
The Full bench of the Supreme Court has last week rejected the application for leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) of drug trafficker Louis Desiré Fangamar, presently...
View ArticleSC refuses to adjust lump sum and pension of ex-GM of TEAFAC
Justice Ah Foon Chui Yew Cheong, sitting at the Supreme Court, has rejected the demand for an adjustment of the lump sum and pension of Sureshchandra Fakun, who occupied the post of General Manager of...
View ArticleNo damages to injured biker because of sole responsibility
In a judgment delivered last week, the Intermediate Court, having on the bench Magistrate Maryse Panglose-Cala, has refused to accede to the plaint of motorcyclist Deoraj Seeboruth, a resident of...
View ArticleSentence quashed on appeal: Chooramun not a trafficker but a borrower
Indradev Chooramun was in company of a drug trafficker to borrow money and not to buy drugs. For this reason his appeal against a judgment of the Intermediate Court has been withheld by the Appeal Court.
View ArticleRefusing to replace his deceased attorney, Hurman loses against PM
In a judgment delivered last week Justice Bushan Domah sitting at the Supreme Court has struck out with costs the plaint lodged by debarred barrister Dev Hurman against the Prime Minister, Minister of...
View ArticleNo constructive dismissal proved, Bhujun loses compensation claim against MBC
Satyendranath Bhujun, former officer in charge of the Promotion Unit of the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), has lost his case for severance allowance against his employer.
View ArticleNephew loses against uncle in encroachment case
Dayanand Khoody will not have to pull down the metallic fence and the garage erected which encroach on the property of his nephew, Ramesh Mohunpersad Khoody and his wife Rishmawtee because the late...
View ArticleThe two Moraby brothers acquitted on a charge of money laundering under the...
The independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has not been able to prove its case for money laundering “beyond reasonable doubt” against the Moraby brothers.
View ArticleAppeal: Rs 8,000 fine maintained for assault
Justices Ashraf Caunhye and Nalini Matadeen sitting on appeal have last week upheld the ruling of the District Court of Curepipe convicting and sentencing Municipal Inspector Narain Rawoteea to a fine...
View ArticleKunal Sujeeawon : Fitness Fanatic
Kunal Sujeeawon: the name is synonymous with physical performance results and advanced body transformation. He has taken his passion for personal fitness and nutrition and made it the very focus of his...
View ArticleMother ordered to return minor Child to father in Australia
Bibi Sumera Keenoo Li Mow Chi must send back to Australia her-three-year old son, Muhammad Suleimaan Li Mow Chi, pending the decision of an Australian Court.
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