Judicial Officer – judge - discipline and removal of judges – disciplinary procedure – power of the Chief Justice to make a representation to the President that the question of the removal of a judge ought to be investigated – how such power is to be exercised – role of the Judicial Service Commission before such a power is exercised – whether under the rules of natural

justice and legitimate expectation the judge who is the subject of the representation should be accorded an opportunity to respond to the allegations against him before the representation is made – where the representation is made before the judge is heard and a Tribunal appointed to investigate the judge’s conduct – whether the making of the representation and the appointment of the Tribunal was unconstitutional – matters to which the jurisdiction of such a Tribunal should be restricted - Constitution section 62.

Immunity – presidential immunity – incidence and scope of the President’s immunity from suit – whether the immunity was absolute – distinction between the President’s private and personal acts and official acts - whether a sitting President can be subjected to a court process for violation of the Constitution or the public interest – whether persons exercising duties  embodying the political will of the President immune from judicial review for actions contrary to the law – Constitution Section 14.

Immunity – judicial immunity – immunity of a judicial officer from suit – immunity of the Chief Justice – scope of the immunity – distinction between the Chief Justice’s duties as a judge and his duties as the administrator or head of the Judiciary - whether in the exercise of the latter duties he would be amenable to judicial review and to the supervisory Jurisdiction of the High Court – power to make a representation to the President on the investigation of the conduct of a judge – how such power is to be exercised - Constitution section 62

Judicial Review – nature and scope of judicial review – whether judicial review proceedings may be brought against a sitting President and/or the Chief Justice – Constitution section 62

Judicial Review - practice and procedure – pleadings – pleadings to be filed and the time for filing them in judicial review applications - application for leave ‘to be accompanied by’ the statement of particulars and a verifying affidavit – where the affidavit and statement are filed on a different day after the application for leave by chamber summons – whether the application was valid – whether the respondent had been prejudiced – Civil Procedure Rules Order 53 rule 1(2).

..

.

[Ruling] Civil practice and procedure-injunction-application for orders of temporary injunction restraining the defendants from interfering with the suit land pending hearing and determination of the suit-validity of application-Civil Procedure Act section 63 (c); Civil Procedure Rules Order 39 rules 1, 2, 3 & 9

RULING-Civil Law- Civil Procedure Act Section 3A; order XLI rule 4(1) of the Civil Procedure Rules

.

..