JUDGMENT
The power to punish for contempt is a judicial whip entrusted to the custodian of the justice delivery system to correct members of the public who by their actions or words deliberately seek to undermine administration of justice as noted in the case of Parashuram Detaram Sham Dasani Vrs. The King Emperor per Lord God dard [1945] AC 214.
Per an application filed on the 26th day of November 2024, the Applicant herein, prays the Court to commit the Respondent herein, for contempt of Court. The basis of the prayer is set out in the affidavit in support of the originating motion filed on the 26th of November 2024, the supplementary affidavit filed on the 13th day of January 2025 and the further supplementary affidavit in support filed on the 7th of March 2025.
The application and the supplementary affidavits were served on the Respondent through substituted service as per the orders of the court as personal service was not possible. The written submissions filed on the 18th of Mar…