“…Pay their honorarium” The High Court in Blantyre on Friday ordered President Lazarus Chakwera to immediately reinstate two embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje. The court has further ordered government to pay honorarium to the two mentioned MEC commissioners starting from the month they stopped receiving these benefits. Apart from […]
Justice Jack N’riva of the High Court in Blantyre has dismissed with cost an election petition stemming from the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections after the petitioner Samuel Chinyani failed to pursue the case. Chinyani, who contested in Mwanza West Constituency and lost to Joyce Chitsulo, was challenging Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) declaration of Chitsulo […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika has urged two newly sworn – in judges of the High Court to be patriotic and demonstrate highest sense of integrity in justice delivery. Mutharika said this on Tuesday at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre during the swearing – in of Justice Thomson Ligowe and Justice Jack N’riva as Judges of the […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has appointed two new High Court judges. High Court of Malawi and Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal registrar . Jack N’riva has been appointed a High Court judge as has Thomson Ligowe, the former Blantyre chief resident magistrate who until his appointment was deputy registrar of the High Court. In a statement […]
The Judiciary has appointed Industrial Relations Court deputy chairman Jack N’riva as new Registrar of the High Court of Malawi and the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal. N’riva confirmed he has been told “unofficially” about his appointment. He will replace Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa who has been appointed High Court Judge. Another registrar Joseph Chigona was also elevated to […]