Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:08:49 +0000 Judicial activism is very dangerous Dear Editor The refusal by High Court Judges to stay their rulings on nullification of seats is a mark of very dangerous judicial activism, because it is an attempt to truncate the appellate procedure that is imbedded in the law. Judges Mwiinde Siavwapa and Charles Musona are certainly not right in suggesting that a stay in the event of nullification is not legally tenable. For as long as the High Court is not the very final arbiter in a matter, the process of appeal allows for further determination of a matter. If a stay can be granted in criminal cases what is so special and compelling that it should not be granted in political cases where a single judge makes a decision which must stand to scrutiny before a higher court which may be presided over by a panel of judges? A stay is […]
