Disgraced Judge Nkola Motata‚ who was convicted in 2009 for drunken driving‚ has failed in his bid to have a tribunal created in 2013 to consider disciplining him disbanded. Motata wanted the Constitutional Court to declare it unconstitutional for the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to convene a tribunal to examine his conduct after he ran his Jaguar into the wall of a Johannesburg home in 2007 while drunk. He made racist comments at the scene. He had escalated the matter to the Constitutional Court after the High Court in Johannesburg dismissed his application to have the Judicial Service Commission Act‚ which includes the provisions establishing tribunals‚ declared unconstitutional. The Constitutional Court dismissed his application to have direct access to the court on May 17. JSC secretary Sello Chiloane said that the judges of the Constitutional Court were conflicted on whether to hear his matter. "There was no quorum on judges who can hear the matter‚" said Chiloane. Judicia...
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