High Court Judge, Gino Persaud has ruled that the challenge filed by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to the suspension of its Commissioners by President Irfaan Ali and the non-promotion of ranks can proceed, and that its former Chairman, retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe, having sufficient standing in the case, can stand in its stead—though now expired.
Lawyers for the Commission and for the State had bickered over whether the Fixed Date Application (FDA) could have survived the expiration of the Commission, with Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall SC, arguing that it could not and should be struck out.
Attorney Dexter Smartt had argued on behalf of the Com-mission, however, that notwithstanding its expiration, the application filed could still be heard, especially since it raises important constitutional matters of public interest which need final determination.
