SUBJECT-MATTER
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE- ELECTION PETITION-SECTION 285(7) OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION (as amended)
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE- ELECTION PETITION-JURISDICTION-RIGHT TO FAIR-HEARING
“It is very important to note that the provisions of Section 285(7) supra does not deny an appellant the right to fair-hearing, just like every statute of limitation. It merely gives all parties and the court a time frame within which parties are to exercise their right to fair hearing in a relevant appeal. If for whatever reason the appeal is not heard within the allotted time frame it cannot be said that an appellant affected thereby has been denied his right to fair hearing.”
