A po­lice of­fi­cer, who is a qual­i­fied at­tor­ney, has se­cured a life­line in his bid to pur­sue a con­sti­tu­tion­al law­suit over be­ing de­nied an ex­emp­tion from the law com­po­nent of pro­mo­tion­al ex­am­i­na­tions.

De­liv­er­ing a de­ci­sion this week, Chief Jus­tice Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh and Ap­pel­late Judge Ge­of­frey Hen­der­son and Gillian Lucky up­held an ap­peal from act­ing Sergeant (Sgt) Za­heer Ali over a de­ci­sion of a judge to strike out his case against the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al.

Ali served as a Spe­cial Re­serve Po­lice (SRP) for sev­er­al years be­fore he was ab­sorbed in­to the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS).