Click to view full size

The High Court has dismissed a judicial review claim filed by UNC activist Ravi Balgobin Maharaj challenging the former Speaker's refusal to allow his written response to statements made about him in Parliament, to be read into the official record.

In a ruling on November 26, Justice Joan Charles held that the decision of then-speaker Bridgid Annisette-George, made under Standing Order 18 of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives, fell squarely within Parliament’s exclusive control of its internal proceedings and was therefore immune from judicial scrutiny.

“The TT Constitution expressly incorporates and vests all of the privileges and immunities of the United Kingdom parliament in the House of Representatives.