Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:11:28 +0000 By CHIKUMBI KATEBE THE UPND has lamentably failed to prove allegations of bias, animosity and prejudice against Lusaka High Court Justice Mwila Chitabo in their application to have the judge recuse himself from hearing a matter before him. Mr Justice Chitabo said the mere fact that a complaint was made alleging that a judge was biased and could not be impartial did not require automatic recusal from a case before him, citing that “if it were so, any party or attorney could easily disrupt court proceedings by filing a complaint”. He said the opposition lawyers have failed to establish their indictment of the allegations against him in a petition in relation to the failed presidential election petition which the opposition challenged as a contravention of their legal right to be heard after the Constitutional Court threw out their petition for want of prosecution. “I have delved in […]
