Court defers proceedings on suspension of former police service commissioners

With the written judgment of the Chief Justice’s ruling on Tuesday invalidating the composition of the Police Service Commission (PSC) still to be made available to lawyers in the case, Justice Gino Persaud has further deferred moving ahead with the challenge before him on the suspension of the former members of the body.

Both the Chief Justice’s ruling on Tuesday as well as the one she delivered two weeks ago, affirming the appointment of Clifton Hicken as acting Commis-sioner of Police, touch and concern the action before Justice Persaud.

In the circumstances, when the matter was called before him yesterday for reports on the way forward, the attorneys all agreed that time should first be given to study the judgments before proceeding.