DISMISSED High Court judge Joshua Banda has submitted that he was punished by a biased Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) that had no jurisdiction to hear the complaint against him. He has submitted that JCC had a pre-determined finding even before analysing of the evidence as they kept on mentioning that they would do a report to the President which is only done if there is a prima facie case, and not when there is no prima facie case found. Justice Banda argued before the Constitutional Court that the commission went beyond its powers and the same has resulted into an injustice on his part. This is a matter in which judge Banda has sued the State, seeking an interim order...

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