Lawyers argue over whether promotions case died with end of life of Police Service Commission

With the life of the Police Service Commission (PSC) having expired, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC, has advanced that the Fixed Date Application (FDA) it filed challenging its suspension by the President and the non-promotion of ranks ought to be struck out.

Nandlall was at the time making submissions before High Court Judge, Gino Persaud who is hearing the State’s application to have the case thrown out.

During arguments yesterday, the AG contended that since the Commission is now “dead,” whatever action it would have purportedly filed, can no longer subsist, since the body has lost the constitutional standing by which it could have ordinarily pursued a claim.