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Harare High Court
Mordecai Pilate Mahlangu v Investigating Officer Detective Assistant Inspector Dowa and Officer-in-Charge, Law and Order Harare Central Superintendent Ntini and Commissioner General of Police and Co-Ministers of Home Affairs
HH 04/11
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
12 January 2011
Citation
HH 04/11
Neutral Citation
[2011] ZWHH 04
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
Chatukuta J
Full Bench
Chatukuta J
Areas of Law
Administrative lawConstitutional law
Keywords
recusaljudicial impartialityreasonable apprehension of biasmarriage to police officer
Tags
recusaljudicial biaspolice misconduct
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the judge should recuse herself due to reasonable apprehension of bias arising from her marriage to a senior police officer","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Judge's husband is senior police officer; respondents are police officers"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The applicant, arrested for allegedly obstructing justice, sought the recusal of the presiding judge on grounds that the judge's husband is a senior police officer, creating reasonable apprehension of bias in favour of police respondents.
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