Supreme Court Marshals want action taken against Registrar

Supreme Court Marshals picketing outside Court of Appeal

SACKED Supreme Court Marshals who were sacked by Registrar Sita Ramlal and got a High Court judge to order that they be reinstated with pay, are clamouring for court action against the Registrar.

During a picketing exercise outside the Guyana Court of Appeal on June 17, the marshals contended that although the Court did not grant Ramlal a stay of execution, they had already spent 14 months without pay.

They carried slogans, which read, “Is Sita above the law?” “State lawyers using delaying tactics”, “Let justice prevail”, “Is the law only for the poor?” ”We have a family too”, and “Sita appealed but was denied stay of execution”.

Later Chancellor of the Judiciary, Miss Desiree Bernard, noted that the Court was governed by rules and declared that the delay in hearing the appeal was due to the fact that the records of the appeal have just been received.

According to her, notices are in the process of being sent out to those concerned.

Monday, June 23, 2003