Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) say it is ready to process the extradition of embattled former president Joyce Banda from the US to answer cashgate related offences. Spokesperson for the ministry of Justice Apoche Itimu said the DPP office would process the extradition papers if approached by police. “We are aware that […]
Judiciary support staff planned strike today will not go ahead after Attorney General (AG) obtained an injunction restraining the workers from withdrawing labour. Judicial workers across the country threatened an indefinite industrial strike from Wednesday to press government for a 27 percent increment in salary arrears, among other demands. The issue dates back to 2014 […]
Attorney General’s office has asked the Constitutional Court to throw pout an application by Blantyre-based vendor Mayeso Gwanda who is challenging the constitutionality of the rogues and vagabonds law in an attempt to have it abolished. Section 184(c) of the Penal Code describes a rogue and vagabond as every person found in or upon or […]
Government, through the Office of the Secretary to Treasury, has bowed down to the court order and compensated 10 families who lost their relatives during the July 20, 2011 nation- wide demonstrations. Secretary to the Treasury, Dr Ronald Mangani, to appear before it on Wednesday, August 24, to clarify on the matter. However, before the […]
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs says the High Court in Mzuzu has set December 18 to rule on whether Fiona Kalemba will be parliament’s clerk of parliament or not. The ministry spokesperson Apoche Itimu confirmed that the ruling on the matter will be handed down by Judge Dingiswayo Madise of Mzuzu High Court next […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has set Friday as the day it will have the inter-party injunction hearing after State legal team asked to vacate an injunction that is restraining parliament from swearing in Fiona Kalemba as clerk of parliament. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice Apoche Itimu said the legal team was putting up […]
Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has argued that Comesa court lacks jurisdiction on the matter in which Malawi Mobile Limited (MML) a mobile phone operator licensed in April 2002 but faced political hurdles against rolling out its services in the country has lodged an appeal at the Comesa Court, challenging the Supreme Court of Malawi’s decision […]
A High Court judge in South Africa is to rule on whether the Home Affairs Minister was wrong to allow the extradition of Malawian Misozi Charles Chanthunya, accused of murdering a pregnant Zimbabwean girlfriend. Chanthunya faces a murder charge which is punishable by death in Malawi. He has been fighting against his repatriation from South Africa in […]
The murder case involving Malawian businessman Misozi Chanthunya is still yet to kick off with Malawi Government looking up to the South African Government for a way forward in extraditing the accused. Chanthunya has been fighting against his repatriation from South Africa to Malawi to face murder charges following the killing of his pregnant girlfriend […]
Malawian murder suspect Misozi Chanthunya who is fighting extradition in South Africa has lodged an appeal to the South African Supreme Court against a ruling made by the South African North West High Court in Mafikeng. The Malawian business tycoon was arrested on January 23, 2012 by International Police (Interpol) in Rustenburg, South Africa where he […]
The State says it is ready to prosecute former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) interim leader Peter Mutharika and 11 others arrested in connection to the death of former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika and subsequent transfer of power. Ministry of Justice spokeswoman Apoche Itimu, who is in the prosecution team, said the treason […]
Sex workers who would like to see government legalise the trade will live to regret as government has no plans to draft a policy to legalise prostitution in the country. Government has since maintained its stand that prostitution is illegal. Public Relationship Officer (PRO) for the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Apoche Itimu said […]
Malawian murder suspect Misozi Chanthunya is today, May 24, expected to appear in a South African court for hearing on whether or not he should be repatriated to Malawi to face charges. A two-man Malawian delegation from the Ministry of Justice and office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) respectively left the country last […]