Attorney General v Bansraj

JurisdictionTrinidad & Tobago
CourtCourt of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago)
Judgment Date1985
Year1985
Date1985

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22 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......
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1 books & journal articles
  • State proceedings in the Commonwealth Caribbean
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 7-2, December 1997
    • 1 December 1997
    ...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......