Justice Bushan Domah sitting at the Supreme Court in a judgment delivered last week has ordered Krishna Reddi Sitana to pay damages amounting to Rs 600,000 to Hamjeetsing Ramsamy.

In an interlocutory ruling delivered last week in a motion of Contempt of Court lodged by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) against debarred barrister Dev Hunam, Justices Bushan Domah and Saheed Bhaukaurally have signified their intention to hear the motion seeking for the conviction of the respondent.

The litigation between Société Piang Sang Père et Fils and Chong Fee Ng Wong against Mrs Li Chen Ling Kaw, turned in favour of the latter before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC).

The Privy Council (PC) in a ruling delivered on 10 May last has allowed the appeal lodged by Margaret Toumany and her son John Mullegadoo, contesting the ruling of the Court of Civil Appeal upholding the judgment of the Intermediate in the ten years’ litigation opposing the appellants and the respondent, Mardaynaiken Veerasamy.

Justice David Chan Kan Cheong sitting in Chambers has last week set aside with costs the ex-parte application lodged by The Flacq Fair Merchants Association (FFMA) against The Moka/ Flacq District Council for an interim or in the nature of an injunction prohibiting the respondent from shifting the actual location of the market.

Fined Rs 10,000 by the District Court of Pamplemousses, having on the bench the ex-magistrate Joy Ramphul, after she was found guilty of charge for having misappropriated a sum of Rs 49,502 to the prejudice of one B. Goorbin, her ex-employer, appellant Swarn Kamal Moorly, has been successful on appeal.

Magistrate Wendy Rangan, sitting at the Intermediate Court Civil Division, has last week awarded to Mamode Aniff Bhugeloo moral damages of Rs 40,000 for the prejudice he suffered as a result of the acts and doings of his neighbour.

Magistrate Wendy Rangan, sitting at the Intermediate Court civil division, has ordered the State of Mauritius to compensate Prabhoolall Guness for Rs 50,000 as moral damages, for the prejudice he had sustained.

The former Executive Director of the National Agency for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Substance Abusers (NATRESA), Vedant Kumar Panday Naik, has been successful in his claim for moral damages against his ex-employer.

Jean Maureemootoo, former employee of Nestle’s Products (Mauritius) Ltd, can proceed with his two plaints before two different forums, the Supreme Court and the Industrial Court because the cause of action, raised in each case is not the same.

Magistrate Niroshini Ramsoondar, sitting at the Intermediate Court, last week granted the benefit of doubt to accused Meean Reshad Mohun, in a case of money laundering.

Bus conductor Hurrynarain Unoruth will receive nothing cent as compensation from his employer, the National Transport Corporation (NTC) following his summary dismissal after 21 years of continuous service.