The High Court in Blantyre has this morning failed to convene to deliver a ruling on whether business mogul Thomson Mpinganjira has a case to answer in his alleged Constitutional Court judges bribery case.
Registrar of the High Court and Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, Gladys Gondwe, has told Nation Online that the court has failed to convene because Mpinganjira was unable to appear before the court.
However, Gondwe said parties to the case will virtually meet on March 22, 2021 for Mpinganjira’s lawyers to give an update on the status of their client regarding his appearance before the court.
Mpinganjira, who was arrested in January last year, is accused of attempting to bribe five Constitutional Court judges who presided over the historic presidential election case to rule in favour of former president Peter Mutharika.