Tancoo: Constitutional right to timely trial coming

October 13, 2025

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Tancoo: Constitutional right to timely trial coming

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The government says it intends to amend the Constitution to give people the right to a timely trial.

Speaking while delivering the 2025/2026 national budget presentation, Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo said this will take place alongside the implementation of a judiciary chancellor.

“A judiciary chancellor will manage caseload, freeing the Chief Justice to focus on jurisprudence," he said.

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