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Concourt: We Want Hard Copies |
| Publication |
Cape Times |
| Date | 2009-02-03 |
| Reporter | Sapa |
| Web Link | www.capetimes.co.za |
The Constitutional Court rejected the electronic filing of Jacob Zuma's
latest court appeal and is still waiting for a hard copy version, a court
official said on Tuesday.
The ANC president's Durban-based attorney missed the 3.30pm deadline for filing
the papers in Johannesburg on Monday, but subsequently sent
copies by electronic mail *1.
"We only received papers by email, but email doesn't count. We want hard copies.
So the application is not before the judges," the official explained.
Late filing can be remedied by an application for the judges to condone this.
The Constitutional Court application, if
successful *2, would give Zuma a chance to appeal the recent Supreme
Court of Appeal judgment that had the effect of allowing the National
Prosecuting Authority to continue pursuing its corruption case against him.
Zuma's lawyers and the NPA would be back in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on
Wednesday as the NPA revived its court action against Zuma.
With acknowledgements to Sapa and Cape Times.