Case No. | Lower Court Judgments | Hearing Date |
CCT 121/14 | Application for Direct Access | 10 Feb. 2015 |
By Duncan Wild on 15 November 2014
This matter involves an application for an order by the Constitutional Court that Parliament is obliged to pass legislation that would require the disclosure of the sources and amounts of money donated privately to political parties (“funding legislation“), and that in not passing such legislation, Parliament has failed in its duty. The applicant further argues that making such an order falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court, requiring direct access to the Court. Continue reading