THE Lusaka High Court has granted the suspended Constitutional Court judges leave to apply for a judicial review of President Hakainde Hichilema’s decision to suspend them. The court has also ordered that the leave shall operate as a stay of the pending proceedings before the Judicial Complaints Commission, scheduled for hearing on September 30, 2024, until further orders of the court. The order was granted by High Court judges Charles Zulu, Chilombo Maka and Twaambo Musonda, Saturday. “Upon perusal of the notice of application for leave to apply for judicial review. And upon reading the joint affidavit sworn to by the applicants herein. It is hereby ordered that the applicants be and are hereby granted leave to apply for judicial...

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