Narayan v Attorney General of Fiji [2017] FJHC 463; HBM18.2017 (29 June 2017)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
AT LAUTOKA
CONSTITUTIONAL JURISDICTION

Constitutional Redress Application No. HBM18 of 2017

FRANCES NARAYAN

v

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF FIJI

Date of Ruling: 29 June 2017

RULING

[1] The applicant applies for constitutional redress pursuant to section 44(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Fiji 2013
(“the Constitution”) by way of Notice of Motion and Affidavit.

[2] In his Affidavit, the Applicant deposes to having been denied credit for the time of 2 years spent in custody before his trial and conviction for murder when sentenced for the crime on the 4^th July 2003 .

[3] Section 3(2) of the High Court (Constitutional Redress) Rules 1998 states as follows:

[4] “(2) An application under paragraph(1)(an application for redress) must not be admitted or entertained after 30 days from the date when the matter at issue first arose. “

[5] This application being some 14 years out of time, it will not be entertained and it is therefore dismissed.

Paul K. Madigan
Judge