Attorney General v Bansraj
| Jurisdiction | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| Judgment Date | 1985 |
| Year | 1985 |
| Date | 1985 |
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22 cases
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Durity v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
...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......
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Seepersad (A Minor) v Ayers-Caesar and Others
...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)......
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Ss v Ayers-caesar et Al
...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......
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Mohammed v Ayers-caesar (her Worship) and Attorney General
...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......
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1 books & journal articles
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State proceedings in the Commonwealth Caribbean
...view of Rowe P.). However, the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago did not follow that view in Attorney General v. Sumair Bansraj (1985) 38 W.I.R. 286. In this case, the Court held that the court of first instance had no jurisdiction to grant an injunction to a person who apprehended tha......