Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:27:30 +0000 By CHIKUMBI KATEBE THE Lusaka High Court has reserved ruling in which UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has filed two separate petitions in the High Court and Constitutional Court against his treason charge. In a hearing that came up yesterday before High Court Justice Betty Mung’omba, the State applied to stay the proceedings before the lower court accusing the opposition of duplicating cases when they filed a similar petition before the Constitutional Court. Chief State Advocate Joe Simachela filed a notice of motion to substitute the respondent and to set aside the proceedings for duplicity and abuse of court process against the Constitutional Court rules of 2016. In his affidavit in support of the motion, Mr Simachela argued that the facts and reliefs being sought were of similar nature, and that “the State has since applied to stay the said High Court proceedings pending the determination of the present […]
