The
Supreme Court of The Gambia has ended its session with a historic pacesetting
record of adjudicating forty-one (41) cases after a break of over two years.
In
a recent sitting held from the 15 May to 9 June 2017 with cases filed by the
Gambia Press Union and two others against the Attorney General and the case of
Ousainou Darboe and 19 others inclusive.
The
session was presided over by the Hon. Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow and four
other Justices like Justice Abubacarr Datti Yahaya, Justice Nicholas Colin
Browne-Marke, Justice Cherno Sulayman Jallow and Justice Mary Mam Yassin Sey.
Meanwhile,
four Justices of the Court of Appeal were co-opted during the session.
Twenty-eight
cases were disposed of and thirteen cases were adjourned to next session.
During
the session, the Supreme Court heard six criminal appeals and three were
disposed of and one was reserved for judgment whilst two appeals were adjourned
to next session.
Furthermore,
three election petitions before the Supreme Court challenging the result of the
2016 presidential election brought by the former president Yahya Jammeh, the
APRC and Yankuba Colley and others were dismissed upon an application for
withdrawal by the petitioners’ counsel.
Twenty-six
civil appeals were heard and eight were disposed of, ten were reserved for
judgment for next session and two were adjourned to next session.
Three
civil suits were heard during the session, two are pending appeals and one was
reserved for judgment till next session of the court.
Two
civil review cases were fully argued during the session and reserved for
judgment till the next Supreme Court session.
The
case filed by the Gambia Press Union and two others against the Attorney
General was adjourned to next session while the case of Ousainou Darboe and 19
others was reserved for judgment.
