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chibwaka
chibwaka
8 years ago

Uyu mukuti Madise uyu asamuke mpaka 20 years ku mzuzu akutenga ngati khoti la mzuzu ndi property yake isaah

Judge Hon. Phwiiii !
Judge Hon. Phwiiii !
8 years ago

The reason why lawyers go judge shopping is to find a judge who will hear a case and deliver a judgement , not necessarily ,one favouring his client, BUT. WITHIN REASONABLE TIME.
There are justices who are. now Learned Justices of the Supreme Court of Malawi, who , more than 15 years later have yet to deliver judgement on cases they heard as Senior Resident Magistrate ! Even more cases still pending from their High Court days.
Do something about that and judge shopping will be a thing of the past !

Alungwana
Alungwana
8 years ago

Judge shopping. The common market of the Blantyre judges. It was there during the 2014 elections. Judge shoping is harmful to justice. Judge shopping is more than corruption.

Julie
Julie
8 years ago

Much as the lawyers are swindling and overcharging their clients, thereby getting rich fast, its the same money they use for judge/ment shopping. This tendancy is rendering the poor injustice. The rich are going away with the justice while the poor are treated injustly. Pls do some even when looking at the judgements of the cases, consider even without appealing

Kadzanja
Kadzanja
8 years ago

The other problem which you have not talked about is the length of time which some judges take to conclude cases. Some of the cases are so obvious but we hear adjournement upon adjournement. Especially industrial cases, some grieving parties (employees) die while their cases are still in courts. Please, please I thought one of the reasons why industrial cases were separated from other cases was that at least there should be reasonable length of time it takes to conclude cases. Malawi Judicially, the perception is that judges are always right and there is nobody to question them. Please change… Read more »

marble
marble
8 years ago

This is a good sigh of relief to hear the honorable Chief Justice quickly responding to that youthful lawyer cum MP Chakhwantha’s call in parliament last week. We need such calibre of MP who speak from their area of expertise. Big up Chakhwantha ! BIG UP NYIRENDA!

lol
lol
8 years ago

Mbava number one ndi zimenezi.

Chindazi
Chindazi
8 years ago

Who does not know…… Madise intimidates others in the North…. and I don’t think visiting Judges will survive….. unless you transfer Madise…….. he is so corrupt…….kukondaso azimai a eni ake……

Akatswiri
Akatswiri
8 years ago

That is a good move.

dumerang
dumerang
8 years ago

some kind of sense CJ

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