Attorney General v Bansraj

JurisdictionTrinidad & Tobago
Judgment Date1985
Date1985
CourtCourt of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • This document is available in original version only for vLex customers

      View this document and try vLex for 7 days
    • TRY VLEX
21 cases
  • Durity v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 13 May 2002
    ...Case 1919 of 1984 and by Jamadar J in Dupont v Attorney General (unreported) Case 1597 of 1997. Dicta by Braithwaite JA in Attorney-General v Bansraj (1985) 38 WIR 286, 301, are also inconsistent with this interpretation of section 14(3). On the other hand, the Attorney General's interpret......
  • Seepersad (A Minor) v Ayers-Caesar and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 18 February 2019
    ...The distinction between mandatory and conservatory orders in constitutional proceedings stems from the Court of Appeal decision in Attorney General v Bansraj (1985) 38 WIR 286. Section 14(2)(b) of the 1976 Constitution is in very wide terms: “The High Court … may, subject to subsection (3)......
  • Ss v Ayers-caesar et Al
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 28 April 2016
    ...be granted in constitutional proceedings is a ‘conservatory order’ – per the Court of Appeal in Attorney General v. Sumair Bansraj. [ (1985) 38 W.I.R. 286.] (ii) Whether on a proper construction of section 14 of the Constitution and section 22 of the State Liability and Proceedings Act (SL......
  • Mohammed v Ayers-caesar (her Worship) and Attorney General
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • High Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 20 August 2015
    ...will be avoided or minimized and consideration of “status quo” is no longer the yard stick. 35 In Attorney General v. Sumair Bansraj [1985] 38 WIR 286 at page 302 the Court of Appeal opined that: “The crucial factor in cases of this kind is the exercise of the discretion of the judge who mu......
  • Request a trial to view additional results

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT