Audrey Young: Power struggle between Parliament and courts bubbling away
14 Apr, 2021 03:00 AM
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Attorney-General David Parker initially hoped the courts would avoid making a declaration. Photo / Mark Mitchell
OPINION:
One of the biggest changes to the Bill of Rights Act in 30 years are being considered by Parliament s powerful privileges committee. Audrey Young explains why it matters. A power struggle that has been quietly bubbling away for centuries between Parliament and the courts is now being played out in Parliament s privileges committee, the result of legal action by one of New Zealand s most hardened criminals.
But unlike recent skirmishes in which Parliament firmly asserted its supremacy over the courts, in this move around New Zealand s Bill of Rights Act 1990, the MPs that make up Parliament are being more acquiescent.
அப்போது பாதிக்கப்பட்ட குடும்பத்தினர் அரசு வேலை மற்றும் இழப்பீடாக தலா ரூ.1 கோடி வழங்க வேண்டும். இந்த கோரிக்கைகளை உடனடியாக நிறைவேற்றினால் மட்டுமே உடல்களை பெற்றுக்கொள்வோம் என்றனர்.