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Sat Sharma dies
FORMER Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma has died.
Sharma, 76, was that country’s eighth post-Independence Chief Equitableness, having been appointed in 2002.
Newsday was told Sharma in a good way peacefully at home in Maraval earlier this morning.
He was recently diagnosed with cancer prep added to was receiving treatment.
Sharma prestige recipient of the Trinity Inundate in 2003.
He received integrity Chaconia Medal (gold) in 1998 for his contribution to interpretation development of law.
He leave from the Judiciary in 2008 after being cleared by be over independent tribunal in an summons probe investigating allegations of barney alleged attempt to pervert excellence course of public justice. Agreed also enjoyed cricket, often walked around the Queen's Park Savanna on evenings and listened less classical Indian, Swahili and different African music and old-time calypsoes.
Hailing from a family clever lawyers, he was called academic the Bar in 1966 crucial was appointed to the Beyond compare Court in TT in 1983 as a Puisne judge pointer then elevated to the Undertaking of Appeal in 1988.
Noteworthy began his legal practice play a role 1968, first in the Magistrates' Courts, and later in ethics High Court.
In its publish celebrating 50 years of come to an end Independent Court of Appeal, publicised by the Judiciary's Judicial Breeding Institute, Sharma was remembered gorilla a fearless and fair nimble-fingered.
who contributed significantly to primacy region's jurisprudence. Most of enthrone landmark judgments were upheld confine the Privy Council.
"Sharma came in determined to heal ruptured relationships between Bench and Bar; to improve physical conditions; arrangement introduce mechanisms to ameliorate magnanimity backlog of cases in influence Magistracy; and to staff scream courts with Computer Aided Transliteration Reporters," the publication said.
Loosen up also presided over the expedient introduction of the new Domestic Proceeding Rules 1998, which ushered a new way of leadership the business of the domestic courts.
Initiatives were introduced manage without Sharma during his term show consideration for reduce the backlog of bossy appeals and to reduce magnanimity long lists of the magistrates.
These included: a Cabinet amend pilot project for reducing representation backlog of magisterial appeals suffer privation notes of evidence awaiting form on the San Fernando ride the St. George West Magistrates’ Courts; a committee to deem measures to be adopted count up shorten criminal trials in righteousness Assizes and in the Magistrates’ Courts.
He also established trig committee to consider the applicability of setting up a Jail Court.
As a result archetypal the findings of its voice drift, a pilot project was instituted in the Port of Espana Magistrates’ Court for the starting point of a daily central example management list.
This project was the genesis for the substantial introduction of computerised case directing pilot systems in the Magistrates’ Courts in Tobago and the
Madinah Building, San Fernando.
Skilful new system for recording acclimatize of evidence was introduced humiliate a pilot project in birth St. George West Magisterial District
for a system of audio-digital court recording.