Sued by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on an alleged charge of bribery of Public Officer in breach of the Prevention of Corruption Act (POCA), whistle blower Ameeth Kumar Chaundee has been successful in his motion for a stay of proceedings in the Intermediate Court.

Quincaillerie M.F. Koomar & Co Ltd has been partly successful in its claim against the Director of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) (Customs department), before the Supreme Court.

Justice Saheed Bhaukaurally sitting in Chambers has granted an interlocutory injunction prayed for by Raymond Louis Marie Fin and  Exotic Island Development Ltd forbidding the heirs of deceased  Dr Antoine  Darné, namely Paul Henri Bernard de Coriolis, Mrs Véronique Crossby and  Gilbert de Coriolis, from selling, disposing or otherwise the Pas Géométriques  situated in front of Mon Choisy Estate, pending the disposal of the main case the  applicants have entered before the Supreme Court. 

Case against Sugar Bulk Terminal dismissed
Mechanisation Company Ltd (MCL) lost its case against the Mauritius Sugar Bulk Terminal Corporation (MSBT).

Bhimjee Govinda, the developer of a residential project for the construction of a block of 18 apartments on five levels, can proceed with the construction works.

On Monday Rezistans ek Alternativ, Muvman 1 er Mai and the 72 disqualified candidates for the 2010 General Election, through their Attorney Mr Sivakumaren Mardemootoo, instructing Counsel Mr Rex Stephen, have lodged a Plaint with Summons before the Supreme Court and this in the wake of the ruling delivered by the Law Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) inviting the appellants to address their grievances before the highest Mauritian judicial instance for it to pronounce on the issue whether the Best Loser System is bad in principle and should be abolished in our Constitution.

Ruling on 17 May for murder preliminary enquiry
The preliminary enquiry into the cause of death of Khairoonessa Tengur presided over by Magistrate Mrs Nalini Sevnevrayar-Cunden ended its audition on Monday 31 April. The Magistrate now reserves her ruling for 17 May whether to commit to the Assises Court the three suspects, Naseerudin Tengur, the victim’s nephew and his two accomplices in this sordid crime, Amanulah Sharif Samoon Emamdee and Mohammad Ali Zubeer Noordaully.

The interdiction from service with full pay of Mahomed Raffick Oodally, head of the Works Department at the Municipal Council of Beau-Bassin/Rose-Hill, is fully justified.

Underage sex charge set aside
Magistrate Wendy Rangan sitting at the Intermediate Court has acquitted Michael Josian Edouard Raymond accused of causing a child to be sexually abused under two counts. The offence was committed on two occasions in April and May 2009 when accused, aged 37, caused minor CSM, aged 14, to take part in an act of sexual nature for personal gratification.

Mohunlall Jayekurrun, former employee of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and ex president of Insurance Employees Union (IEU), has his claim for damages in tort by his employer to the tune of Rs 5 million with interests from the date of dismissal rejected by the Supreme Court.

Magistrate Padmini Mauree in an interlocutory ruling delivered last week set aside the provisional charge against N.D. M Jean-Marie Chelin, the representative of Monoprix Supermarket on a charge of unfair practice in respect of a trademark by exposing for sale forty five pairs of shoes bearing the logo of Puma, a trademark owned by Hassam Moussa Rawat Distributors Ltd.

Car passenger jailed for trying to corrupt sergeant
The Intermediate Court having on the bench Mrs Wendy Ramgan has found Parmanand Bundhoo guilty of a charge of corruption and sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment.  Accused has informed the Magistrate of his intention to appeal against his conviction.