Malcekan v Telukluk [2013] VUICB 8; Civil Case 03 of 2013 (5 September 2013)

IN THE MALEKULA ISLAND COURT
HELD AT ORAP CENTER/ MALEKULA

Civil Case No. 3 of 2013
(Civil Jurisdiction)

BETWEEN:

JEANNOT MALCEKAN
Original Claimant

AND:

CHIEF CLAUDE TELUKLUK
Counter Claimant 1

AND:

TEILEMB MELTEOUSI ALBERT MARIE
Counter Claimant 2

AND:

ISMAEL MALVARU
Counter Claimant 3

MATTER: DISPUTE OVER LONG JIFLI TAETEL BLONG TONMALVAR NASARA

Jastices: Jastis Shema Tasvallie
Jastis Douglas Vandel
Jastis Endie Shem

Clerk: Joel Jacob

JUDGMENT

Brief backgraon blong case:

Civil Case # 3/2013 hemi wan customary matter concernem dispute ova long jifli taetel blong Tonmalvar nasara hemia long North East Malekula Vao mein lan. Kes ia hemi bing fael bifo long kot long 08/04/2013 mo tudei 30th blong manis August 2013, kot hemi sitaon blong lukluk long hem.

Issue: who nao hemi raet man blong tekem jifly taetel blong Tonmalvar nasara?

Smol Histri blong wanwan klema:

Original Claimant – OC hemi putum kleim ia bifo long kot from se ikat sam klema oli bing stap misusum raet ia we hem nao hemi stret man folem laen dicenden blong hem bifo long 19 jeneresen blong hem kam kasem 14 jeneresen blong Kalowon long Lamatnamaki nasara. Taem hemi aot long ples ia, iko mekem nasara ia Tonmalvar we tudei hemi stap klemem.

Long olketa ansas blong hem, hemi se Kalowon iminim 'oli no katem hem'. Kalowon ino Jif blong ol woman mo tu ston blong hem istap long saet blong ol man. Kalowon nao hemi faonda blong nasara ia. Hemi aot long smol aelan ikam long mein lan from gud rilesensip blong olketa bifo. Hemi no save eni risen, from wanem nao oli no perem Kalowon long Tonmalvar. Also hemi talemaot se kalowon ikilim Namangi, hemi kakae head blong pig mo hemi kakae yam mekem se tudei hemi still stanap strong blong divendem birth right (blad laen) ia. Lastly hemi se insaet long Tonmalvar inokat nakamal be, ikat Tonmalvar nomo we hemi nasara.

Witniss; Jean Baptiste. Witnis ia hemi wantem witnisim OC from every toktok we istap insaet long stetmen blong OC oli tru toktok everyone olsem family tri mo ol narafala samting mo.
Taem kot ikros examinetem hem, hemi se ston ia we ol narafala klema sta tokbaot se istap long saet blong woman hemi no tru. Long ol kakae, hemi se bik faea wetem tambu faea ino save kakae tuketa from ol bikbikfala man be, Smol faea isave kakae wetem woman yes. Hemi konfemem long kot ia se insaet long Tonmalvar, ikat 1 nakamal mo 3 smolsmol nasara pakeken.

Counter Claimant 1: