Constitutional Court denies DA’s bid to challenge Disaster Management Act
That means the DA will have to follow the standard route of first having the case heard in the high court
01 July 2020 - 17:33
South Africans will have to wait longer to know whether the legislation used to impose the lockdown is constitutional, after the Constitutional Court refused to grant the DA direct access to challenge it.
On Wednesday, the top court dismissed the DA’s application for direct access to the court, saying it was not “in the interests of justice” to hear it at this stage...
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