As A Matter Of Fact Mr Ravindra-Singh, You Were Late: Chief Registrar Clarifies

Chief Registrar Judge Justice Yohan Liyanage has given a timeline of what transpired during the court date which resulted in Aman Ravindra-Singh’s No Jab, No Job case being struck out.

It comes as Mr Ravindra-Singh took to social media on September 28 denying that he was not late for his court case and claiming that Fiji Sun was biased in its reporting.

However, to set the record straight, Justice Liyanage gave a detailed account of the steps taken which eventuated in the case being struck on September 23.

Chief Justice Kamal Kumar was presiding over the case at the Civil High Court.

Mr Ravindra-Singh was representing a respondent who wanted to challenge the No Jab, No Job policy in court.

Justice Liyanage maintained that Mr Ravindra-Singh was not present in court when the case was called on the said date.

What transpired

In an email to Fiji Sun, he outlined the following:

“As per the court records, the matter was first called via Skype on September 17 and Mr Ravindra-Singh was given time to serve the application on the respondents and the matter was adjourned to September 23 at 10am.

“The case was called around 10.15am on September 23 as the court was waiting for Mr Ravindra-Singh, while counsel for the respondent made an appearance to court.

“The court asked for the whereabouts of Mr Ravindra-Singh or the applicants and Chief Justice Kamal Kumar asked that the names of the applicants and their counsel be called both outside and inside the court which was done.

“There was no appearance of neither the applicants nor their counsel Mr Ravindra-Singh.

“The respondent counsel was asked to address court in which the respondent counsel moved that the application be struck out.

“The court made its directions based on the submissions made and the court session ended just before 10.30am.  At this point, there was no one else present either inside the court or outside when the court was closed.”

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