Category: Courts

Cases of vandalism on the increase  * He was apprehended with 200 meters of 70mm hard-drawn copper wire By Dalitso Kampira, MANA Alli Mustafa has been sentenced to 36 months imprisonment with hard labour by Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Thyolo for vandalising Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) equipment. State Prosecutor, Inspector Ishmael Abubast, told the court that on March 1, 2026, Mustafa (40) and an accomplice, who remains at large, were caught in possession of the ESCOM…

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  * The disposal of legal matters is influenced by a range of factors, including the complicity of the issues involved  * As well as interlocutory applications, adjournments by the parties and compliance with procedural requirements By Duncan Mlanjira  The Malawi Judiciary’s Chief has defended the Supreme Court of Appeal’s long duration to pass judgement on the revocation of Finance Bank’s liquidation made by the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM), whose appeal case was filed in 2005 but was…

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* The 12-year period to conclude the appeal by Finance Bank of Malawi Limited voluntary liquidation is matter of serious concern * Calls upon the President to expedite the appointment of the Judicial Service Commission and the Parliamentary Public Appointments Committee to appoint the Independent Complaints Commission of the Judiciary By Duncan Mlanjira The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has faulted the Supreme Court of Appeal on the delayed pace of justice delivery citing the case of the appeal by…

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