The phrase ‘God and time’ is on the lips of upbeat fans of dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel following the commencement of arguments before the United Kingdom-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC). Kartel, whose given name is Adidja.
Gay rights activist Maurice Tomlinson has changed his mind about ending his legal fight with the State over the constitutionality of the buggery law and is now determined to take this fight all the way to the country’s highest court, the Privy.
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Asserting that the State is being driven by an “agenda” to preserve the country’s buggery laws, the Supreme Court says it is worrying that savings law clauses are being used to prevent scrutiny of laws violating citizens’ rights. “… It is.
THE Constitutional Court on Friday pointed out that the savings law clause in Jamaica's Charter of Rights does in fact bar the courts from enquiring into whether three provisions under sex offence.