PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):
A HIGH Court judge will today rule whether to lift an injunction that has barred the police from arresting Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma.
The anxiously-awaited ruling could prove a defining point in the controversial case, which sees the Chief Justice fighting a fierce legal battle to prevent criminal proceedings being moved against him.
Justice Judith Jones over a week ago reserved judgement in the matter after state attorneys filed an application seeking to overturn her earlier decision to issue an injunction preventing the arrest of the Chief Justice on charges of attempting to pervert the course of public justice.
Earlier this year, Sharma was accused by Chief Magistrate Sherman McNicolls of trying to sway his decision in a case against former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday.
McNicolls sentenced Panday to prison for failing to declare a bank account he held in London, in violation of integrity legislation. The former Prime Minister is out on bail appealing his conviction and sentence.
Following McNicolls' complaints, police undertook an investigation of the Chief Justice and charges were drawn up against him. Sharma, however, secured an injunction preventing his arrest.
