Orders by two courts here in proceedings between claimants to seven acres of rice land at Aurora, Essequibo were yesterday set aside by the Caribbean Court of Justice which said that proceedings in the High Court shall be stayed until the Land Court case between the litigants is decided.
In the meanwhile, the respondent in the case, Omeshwar Misir will be allowed to harvest the existing rice crop. Thereafter, the applicant, Bibi Zarida is entitled to resume possession of the disputed lands until the hearing and determination of the Land Court proceedings.
In its judgment, the CCJ said “A most unsatisfactory state of affairs has led to this application for special leave to appeal under s 8 of the Caribbean Court of Justice Act 2004 and for an order that the hearing of this application be treated as the hearing of the appeal”.
