Sharvada Sharma’s ruling deferred for the 9th time

The Suva High Court is now expected to deliver its ruling tomorrow in the matter where former Solicitor General Sharvada Sharma had applied for a judicial review against his termination.

The ruling has been deferred 9 times since last year.

The Civil High Court registry had confirmed this morning that the ruling will be delivered this afternoon however, it has been deferred once again.

No reason has been given as to why the ruling dates have been vacated each time.

The ruling was expected to be delivered on the 9th of January but it was vacated and deferred to Tuesday last week, however it has once again vacated and the ruling was expected to be delivered on Friday but was deferred once again.

The ruling was to be delivered on 10th November last year but was deferred to the 15th of November as it was not ready however the matter was not called on the 15th as the courts were closed due to bad weather conditions.

The matter was deferred three times in May last year, and it was then stated that it will be delivered on notice.

Sharma had taken legal action against the President of Fiji, the Judicial Services Commission and the Attorney General of Fiji in relation to the termination of his employment on 10th of November, 2021 by former President Jioji Konrote.

Under sections 112 and 116 of the Constitution, the Solicitor General can only be removed from office after a proper inquiry by an independent tribunal.

In Sharma’s case, no tribunal inquiry was held.