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.

Justice Paul Lam Shang Leen, sitting at the Commercial Division of the Supreme court, ordered last week the destruction of fake articles bearing the mark of Polo-Lauren imported by Naushad Tejoo and this following an application for injunction lodged by a United States company, The Polo-Lauren Co, in the presence of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA), the co-defendant.

Tuyau’s daughter sues Barbier for defamation
Feeling aggrieved by the allegation made by Jean-Claude Barbier, a member of the National Assembly for the constituency No 1 Port Louis South/Port Louis West, Jessica Marie Michèle Tuyau, an employee of the Mauritius Society of Authors (MASA), is claiming damages amounting to Rs 500,000 before the Intermediate Court.

Trade unionist Radhakrishna Sadien, the president of the Government Servants’Association (GSA), has partially succeeded in his appeal contesting his conviction by the Intermediate Court. 

Injunction refused to Attorney Gunesh
Justice Rehana Mungly-Gulbul sitting in Chambers last week refused to accede to the application for a mandatory writ of injunction prayed for by Attorney-at-law, Mr Hunchun Gunesh, against Govinda’s Gift Ltd.

IIn a ruling delivered last week, Magistrate Meenakshi Bhogun-Ramjutton, sitting at the District Court of Rose-Hill, has set aside the motion for a stay of proceedings prayed for by accused, Sharmila Moorat.

Magistrate Wendy V/an sitting at the Intermediate Court last week found accused Ajit Kumar Radha guilty under count one of the information  of attempt upon chastity of a client on 4 June 2007 at the massage parlour he ran at Morcellement St Antoine.

The proprietor of Golden Beach Restaurant, G.M. Hussen Raja, effectively employed Louis Gabriel Residu as cleaner since 17 December 2007 and 18 January 2008 on the terms and conditions which were governed by the Catering and Tourism Industries Remuneration Order 2004.