Kean v State - Ruling [2017] FJHC 458; HAR11.2017 (28 June 2017)

IN THRE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
AT LAUTOKA
REVISIONAL JURISDICTION

Judicial Review Application HAR 11 /2017

GUSTON FREDRICK KEAN

v

STATE

Date of Ruling: 28 June 2017

RULING

[1] By way of written application for leave, accompanied by affidavit, the Applicant applies for Judicial Review of his deprivation of privileges at the maximum security Corrections Centre in Naboro.

[2] He deposes to having been denied normal promotion of “stage” privileges despite his good behavior and absent wrongdoing.

[3] Judicial review is a legal process to adjudicate deeds or decisions of public officials who act in the public interest and not for the private administrative decisions of officers in a correctional institute who are acting not in the public interest but in the interests of security and safety in their institutions.

[4] Judicial review is a totally inappropriate vehicle for resolution of the perceived grievances of this vexatious applicant.

[5] Leave to review is refused.

P.K. Madigan
Judge.