#Mr skin judicial consent trial#

The lawyers are also seeking a declaration from the court that the decision of the Chief of Police and investigating officer to charge Choksi is “an abuse of the process of the court and or a violation of the rule of law and is accordingly unlawful, null and void and of no effect.”Īccording to the documents filed, the decision by Corbette and Maximea was not the product of their own independent judgments and or “they allowed themselves to be dictated to by third parties, namely representatives of the Indian Government, and is accordingly unlawful, null, and void and of no effect.” Through their application, the attorneys are also asking the court to grant a permanent order staying the criminal charge brought against the Applicant for breach of section 27A of the Immigration and Passport Act and that the Chief Magistrate be prohibited “whether by herself or by or through any Magistrate within the jurisdiction of Magistrate’s District “E” or otherwise from hearing, adjudicating or otherwise exercising any magisterial functions with respect to the criminal complaint against the Applicant.”

They are also seeking judicial review for the decision of Minister Blackmoore to declare Choksi a prohibited immigrant in a letter dated May 25, 2021, pursuant to section 5(1)(f) of the Immigration and Passport Act.

She said the matter can be heard before another Magistrate if Choksi is discharged from the hospital as the trial has not commenced.Īs it relates to the ten page application filed in the High court, Choksi’s attorneys are seeking among other things to have the criminal charge of illegal entry “quashed” for breach of section 27A of the Immigration and Passport Act. Magistrate Carrette-George thanked Dyer-Munro for making her aware of the application and adjourned the trial of Choksi to August 27, 2021. He referenced an alleged video circulating of Mr Choksi on social media which his attorneys objected to.

Immediately, lead counsel for the police in the matter, Lennox Lawrence, objected to her revelation.Īccording to him, the attorney ought not to address the court in the absence of her client as he labelled it as “improper”. In the process of granting an adjournment in the matter, Magistrate Candia Carrette-Goerge was made aware by another of Choksi’s attorney Gina Dyer-Munro that an application was filed in the High court for judicial review in the matter and she -Chief Magistrate Carrette-George-, the acting Chief of Police, Lincoln Corbette, the investigating police officer, Alleyne Maximea and the Minister of National Security Rayburn Blackmoore were respondents in the matter. One of his attorneys, Zena Moore Dyer, unlike previous occasions did not produce a medical certificate to the court as she stated that he is not discharged and asked that this be sufficient reason for his absence. The matter which was adjourned to July 6, 2021, for trial was adjourned yet again as the lawyers for Choksi informed the court that he is still a patient at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital (DCFH) for over one month. The matter involving the Indian fugitive, Mehul Choksi has taken yet another twist in the court as an injunction has been filed by the attorneys representing the 62-year-old diamantaire. Pin File photo of Choksi being escorted to court by officers of the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force

#Mr skin judicial consent trial#