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High Court Judge Justice Vishwa Datt Sharma has today declared that the AGM of SODELPA in June last year in Savusavu breached the party’s constitution and the 2013 constitution and the election of Ro Filipe Tuisawau a
A 26-year-old man who is alleged to have murdered his brother in Lautoka late last year will appear in court today. It is alleged that the accused lit a newspaper and threw it on his brother who was sniffing glue.
Ravin Lal and Shalvin Chand who were charged with failure to comply with orders of the Public Health Act will be sentenced on the 27th of this month. According to the amended charges, Lal and Chand on the 10th of t
Eight people appeared in the Suva Magistrates Court today for allegedly breaching social gathering restrictions, and further curfew directives have been imposed on these people. One group was caught drinking alcoho
Bangladeshi national Mohammed Masum who is accused of killing his two roommates over the weekend has been remanded in custody by the Ba Magistrates Court. Magistrate Samuela Qica has transferred the case to the Lau
A 29-year-old bouncer from Nabua who was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine has been further remanded in custody by the Suva Magistrates Court. Simione Serukalou has been charged with two counts of un
A 29-year-old bouncer from Nabua will be produced in court today after he was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana earlier this week. He was arrested yesterday following the discovery of s
A 37-year-old woman who allegedly breached the curfew in Delainavesi in Lami has been further remanded in custody. Kalesi Kamikamica appeared before Chief Magistrate Usaia Ratuvili today. Chief Magistrate Ratu
A Bangladeshi national who allegedly murdered his two roommates in Lane 25 in Rarawai, Ba over the weekend has been charged with two counts of murder. Police say the man will appear in the Ba Magistrates Court late
A 47 year old man who is alleged to have assaulted the Turaga ni Koro of Baleyaganiga Village in Cakaudrove which resulted in his death, has been remanded in custody by the Labasa Magistrates Court. Veresa Vatia ha
A 33-year-old man charged with Disobedience of Lawful Order under the Public Health Act has been remanded in custody by the Suva Magistrates Court. It is alleged that Josefa Biliwaqa breached the orders of curfew a
Fijian Broadcasting Corporation announcer Alisi Koroi who is charged with one count of Malicious Act has been further remanded in custody by the Suva Magistrates Court. It is alleged that between 7th and 8th April
A man in his 40s from Tavakubu, Lautoka will be produced in the Lautoka Magistrates Court today for an alleged case of aggravated robbery. Police say the man allegedly assaulted and robbed a 53-year old taxi driver
A man who is alleged to have assaulted the Turaga ni Koro of Baleyaganiga Village in Cakaudrove which resulted in his death has been charged and will appear in the Labasa Magistrates Court today. The alleged incide
Four Corrections Officers charged in relation to the death of remand prisoner Jone Masirewa have been remanded in custody by the Lautoka Magistrates Court. 54-year-old Onisimo Raboiliku and 19-year-old Semesa Bulik
Two Corrections Officers have been charged for the murder of a prisoner who died after he fell ill while in remand at the Natabua Corrections Facility in Lautoka. Police say the two were arrested and charged for th
Nadi Magistrate Siromi Turaga who had acquitted two men charged with Failure to Comply with Orders of the Public Health Act yesterday after saying the order was made by the Prime Minister instead of the Health Minister,
High Court Judge Justice Vincent Perera has this afternoon set aside the ruling of Nadi Magistrate, Siromi Turaga who had earlier acquitted two people charged with Failure to Comply with Orders of the Public Health Act.
Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde says that the State will consider an appeal against the decision of the Magistrates’ Court to acquit Ravin Lal and Shalvin Chand on charges of breach of curfew. T
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the government thinks that there could be consistency and they are hoping the Judiciary will look into the fines being issued to those who are violating curfew, social gathering
