Judge Moosai retires after 29 years: ‘Cricketing discipline shaped his career’

A judge, a fa­ther, a sports­man and a gen­tle­man were among the de­scrip­tions of Ap­pel­late Judge Prakash Moo­sai, who re­tired af­ter near­ly three decades on the Bench.

The Ju­di­cia­ry held a spe­cial sit­ting yes­ter­day to mark Moo­sai’s 29-year ju­di­cial ca­reer. Col­leagues and friends de­liv­ered trib­utes, many draw­ing on crick­et to re­flect on his life and work.

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Chief Jus­tice Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh said he first heard of Moo­sai while he was rep­re­sent­ing Trinidad and To­ba­go in re­gion­al crick­et, even af­ter be­ing called to the Bar in 1981.