Disturbing trend: Supreme Court on lawyers' scandalous allegations against judges

Disturbing trend: Supreme Court on lawyers' scandalous allegations against judges

The top court said lawyers, being the officers of the court, owe a duty to the judiciary, and they should not put their signatures on the petitions containing scandalous and scurrilous allegations against judges.

Why Judge Mahase has been suspended

Moorosi Tsiane  HIGH Court Judge, ‘Maseforo Mahase, has been suspended because she allegedly allocated herself cases in which she had an interest, among other serious allegations.  The prerogative of allocating cases to judges constitutionally belongs to the Chief Justice, who heads the High Court, and allocates the cases in liaison with the court’s registrars.   A well-placed source told the Sunday Express that Justice Mahase has also been fail…