Thirteen judgments are over six months late, twice the amount of time set out in the judicial norms.
17 judgments . It is the responsibility of the Judge President of a High Court to make sure the court’s judges are delivering their reserved judgments on time. It is the responsibility of the Chief Justice to make sure the Judge Presidents are doing this. Alison Tilley, co-ordinator at Judges Matter, says the issue of following norms and standards — especially how long judgments take to deliver — is much discussed at the Judicial Services Commission.
Spokesperson for the Chief Justice, Nathi Mncube, subsequently informed us that the national list of reserved judgments provided by the Office of the Chief Justice was outdated. Mncube told GroundUp in November 2018 that an updated list would be released “in the third week of February 2019”. It is now the last week of February and we are still waiting for this list. According to the judicial norms, the Chief Justice is responsible for monitoring the performance of judges.
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