The JSC violated John Hlophe’s rights by going ahead with misconduct hearings against him while he was sick, the high court ruled on Monday.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe on Thursday asked the members of the Judicial Services Commission’s complaints committee to resign, his lawyer said.
Parliament on Tuesday appointed six MPs, half of them from the opposition, to serve on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s bid to dodge an impeachement is increasingly resembling the strategy that got Jacob Zuma off the hook.
A court on Monday reserved judgement in a bid by Cape Judge President John Hlophe to stop a Judicial Service Commission hearing against him.
John Hlophe wrote a week ago to then president Kgalema Motlanthe, accusing former justice minister Enver Surty of bias against him.
Former justice minister Enver Surty filed an affidavit in the Jo’burg High Court on Thursday in a case involving Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s bid to challenge the JSC’s proceedings against him was postponed in the High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe was due to launch a bid in the High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday to challenge the JSC proceedings against him.
Seeking an interdict against the inquiry, Hlophe’s team will use an opinion the JSC itself commissioned on who must be present at its hearings.
The new legal norm is now the spirit of the people as interpreted by certain politicians and not through the Constitution.
‘No anti-Zuma bias’ in complaint against Hlophe, Judicial Service Commission hears. Matuma Letsoalo reports.
A tribunal heard claims of hacking and alleged attempts by a senior judge to influence SA’s highest court in a case involving Jacob Zuma on Wednesday.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) adjourned the hearing of Cape Judge President John Hlophe until ”later notice” on Tuesday.
The man at the centre of John Hlophe’s legal strategy in this week’s JSC hearing was selected because he knows how to ”fight in a dog fight”.
Judge John Hlophe appears before the JSC on Saturday after suffering a ”mischievous bout of influenza” which put paid to an earlier hearing.
John Hlophe made various demands of the JSC when it reconvened on Wednesday and threatened a court interdict to stop the hearing if they were not met.
Should the JSC decide to impeach Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe, his fate will effectively be in the hands of MPs.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s appeal to the Constitutional Court could result in a recusal of the judges who laid the complaint against him.
The DA joined the call on Monday for the Judicial Service Commission’s hearings into the complaint against Judge John Hlophe to be open to the public.
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/ 26 February 2009
The Judicial Service Commission is hoping to hear the matter relating to Cape Judge President John Hlophe between April 1 and 8.
Senior government spokesperson confirms informal deal with the justice minister.
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/ 13 February 2009
The DA is to propose to Parliament next week that the JSC should be involved in the selection of the country’s top prosecutor.
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/ 12 February 2009
Cape Judge President John Hlophe has apologised to Justice Minister Enver Surty for appearing to undermine the integrity of the judicial system.
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/ 7 February 2009
If the JSC recommends suspension, the focus will shift to President Kgalema Motlanthe, who faces pressure from divided party comrades.
Judge President John Hlophe has returned to
work, stirring controversy and speculation, write
Nic Dawes and Sello S Alcock.
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/ 27 October 2008
The Judicial Service Commission will be
re-advertising the position, writes Sello S Alcock.
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/ 16 October 2008
The Labour Relations Act was drafted to recognise the labour rights of illegal immigrants as well, the Judicial Service Commission heard on Thursday.
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/ 15 October 2008
The second day of the Judicial Service Commission hearings held at the Twelve Apostles Hotel in Cape Town got off to an explosive start on Tuesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
Deputy registrar and legal adviser Paul Ngobeni is facing university disciplinary action for his support of Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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/ 12 October 2008
Only four judges remain in the race to replace retiring Constitutional Court Judge Tholakele Madala.
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/ 11 October 2008
Cape Judge President John Hlophe wants R10-million in damages from the Constitutional Court.