The Judicial Service Commission’s (JSC) finding of gross judicial misconduct against Western Cape judge president John Hlophe should be set aside because it is irrational and unlawful, Hlophe’s advocate Thabani Masuku argued in the Gauteng High Court Monday.

Hlophe was found guilty of gross judicial misconduct — an impeachable offence — for having tried to influence two Constitutional Court judges Chris Jafta and Bess Nkabinde on a pending matter before the court related to former president Jacob Zuma...

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