Justice Frank Seepersad. -
THE judge hearing the legal challenge of the new traffic laws’ demerit point system has stayed the order of the Transport Commissioner to suspend the permit of an Arouca man for six months after he allegedly racked up ten points.
Justice Frank Seepersad on Tuesday agreed to stay the decision to suspend Zachary De Silva’s permit after the man’s attorneys asked that he consider doing so since it has been almost three months since the permit was suspended and it could render the legal proceedings nugatory if the matter is delayed further.
Seepersad agreed and also read the riot act to the State, saying he was prepared to give his decision, at the next hearing, on the court’s jurisdiction to hear the matter even if submissions are not filed.