Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku

ConCourt gives Zimbabwe’s controversial bond notes , a thumbs up for October 2016 release

Posted on September 29, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

BOND notes will be released into circulation without glitches next month after the Constitutional Court yesterday dismissed, with costs, a challenge by Zimbabwe People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru, describing it as premature and speculative for seeking to challenge bond notes that are not even in circulation. It is the court’s finding that Dr Mujuru has to wait until the notes are introduced in order to point to the illegalities in them and the…

‘Government Is Not Influenced By Critics , And The Pledge Has President Mugabe’s Blessing ‘-Lazarus Dokora

Posted on April 30, 2016April 30, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A GOVERNMENT policy requiring all schoolchildren to recite the national pledge will now be implemented unhindered when schools open next week after Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku dismissed the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights’ urgent interdict. Chief Justice Chidyausiku, in his chambers, on Thursday threw out the urgent application but directed the registrar of the Constitutional Court to set down the main challenge at an earliest convenient date. This means the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education…

Concourt Rules ‘Criminal Defamation Is Void At Law’

Posted on February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that criminal defamation was void at law, after journalists challenged the validity of Section 96 of the Criminal Codification and Reform Act. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, together with a full bench of the Constitutional Court granted the application by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Zimbabwe), NewsDay deputy editor Nqaba Matshazi , freelance journalists Godwin Mangudya and Sydney Saize and Rodger Stringer. The court said a 2015 judgment on…

Corporal Punishment Of Juveniles Is, Primitive, Unconstitutional, Traumatic, Inhumane, Cruel, Physical & Psychological Torture.

Posted on November 11, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

CHIEF Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku on Wednesday reserved judgement in a case in which lawyers are seeking the outlawing of judiciary corporal punishment on grounds that it violates and degrades male juveniles. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), which is represented by Tendai Biti in the case between the juvenile and the state, argue that Section 353 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act is unconstitutional and is an attempt by the State to drag…

PROSECUTOR GENERAL, ‘JOHANNES TOMANA’ JAILED 30 DAYS FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT’

Posted on October 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PROSECUTOR General (PG) Johannes Tomana was Wednesday given a 30-day jail term for contempt of court after he defied court orders to issue certificates of private prosecution of Munyaradzi Kereke and Telecel’s Jane Mutasa. Tomana was jailed by a full Constitutional Court bench led by Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku. The sentence was, however, wholly suspended on condition that Tomana issues the private prosecution certificates to Francis Maramwidze and Telecel within 10 days, failure…

Recent Supreme & High Court Judges Appointments, Race To Replace Aged Chidyausiku

Posted on October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Government has begun preparing for the succession of the country’s Chief Justice, Godfrey Chidyausiku, who is nearing the mandatory retirement age of 70 years.Zimbabwe’s judges must retire at 65 years but can stay until 70 years if they can demonstrate good mental and physical health certified by a doctor. Chidyausiku will be turning 70 years in 2017, an eventuality that has made government to start preparing for his exit. As if to confirm that he…

‘Outlawing Section 121 Of The Criminal Law Has Dented Mugabe’s Iron Amour’

Posted on September 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe (91), now in his sunset years after over half a century at the helm of the ruling party and almost three decades as Zimbabwe’s only iron fisted ruler “appears to be losing his tools of oppression”. With successive Constitutional Court (ConCourt) orders declaring large swaths of the loathed Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Aippa) ultra-vires the Constitution, last week’s landmark ruling by the apex court to outlaw the obnoxious…

ConCourt Removes Section 121 (3), Which Allowed State To Jail Bailed Suspects

Posted on September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The Constitutional Court today struck down the notorious section 121 (3) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act which empowered the State to send to jail suspects who would have been granted bail. Under that section, the State could detain a suspect for seven days while the prosecution considered appealing against a magistrate’s decision. On several occasions, the section had been used by the State against several members of opposition political parties, resulting in them…

Chidyausiku To Be Now Only Constitutional Court Not Also Supreme Court Judge Same Time

Posted on August 31, 2015August 31, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

One of the main issues that the suffering Zimbabwean public have with Mugabe and his Zanu PF regime, particularly the judiciary system is that the judiciary has proved to be nothing other than Zanu PF partisan in its execution of dutie particularly where elections are concerned, hence the continuously disputed Zanu PF ballot victories. In typical monopoly of power, Zimbabwe’s Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has been holding two legal portfolios, as head of judges and chairman…

‘Job Cuts Will Raise Domestic Violence, Early Marriages, Prostitution,HIV &AIDS Crisis’-MDC

Posted on August 15, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

THE Welshman Ncube-led MDC party has warned that, if not stopped, ongoing job cuts will likely increase prostitution, child marriages and domestic violence. Over 20,000 workers have been fired across the country over the past three weeks following a Supreme Court ruling that allows employers to terminate workers’ contracts on three months’ notice and without retrenchment packages. In a statement Friday, MDC Women’s Assembly deputy chairperson, Elizabeth Chinyanga, said prostitution, child marriages and labour is going…

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