Contentions over whether appeals should first be determined on the Chief Justice’s ruling invalidating the composition of the new Police Service Commission (PSC) have snared progress in the action challenging the suspension of the previous members of the body.
When the matter came up before Justice Gino Persaud yesterday afternoon for reports, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC and attorney Arudranauth Gossai on behalf of Darshan Ramdhani KC, who represents the PSC, made applications for a stay.
Nandall told Justice Persaud that in light of the Chief Justice’s ruling now being the subject of appeals, the substantive case of the suspension of the members of the former PSC should await the determination of those appeals before moving any further.