Lawyer in contempt case accuses A-G of same offence
Arunachalam Kasi says if the court considers anyone has committed a contempt, the power is with the court to issue a notice to show cause why he should not be committed, under Order 52 rule 2B of the Rules of Court 2012 read with Article 126 of the Federal Constitution. – Pic courtesy of Arun Kasi, April 8, 2019.
A LAWYER who is the target of contempt proceedings brought by Attorney-General Tommy Thomas has questioned whether the country’s top legal official had committed the same offence in a speech at the opening of the legal year. Lawyer Arunachalam Kasi, better known as Arun, questioned whether Thomas’ comments on the state of the judiciary is within boundaries of freedom of speech, as provided under Article 10 of the constitution.
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