| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-28T11:18:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-05-28T11:18:47Z | |
| dc.identifier.citation | [2019] ZACC 18 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 2019 (2) SACR 88 (CC) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 2019 (7) BCLR 795 (CC) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/34620 | |
| dc.title | Phaahla v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Another (Tlhakanye Intervening) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.casenumber | CCT44/18 | |
| dc.date.hearing | 8 November 2018 | |
| dc.contributor.judge | Dlodlo AJ Majority judgment | |
| dc.contributor.judge | Froneman J separate judgment | |
| dc.contributor.judge | Cameron J separate judgment | |
| dc.date.judgment | 3 May 2019 | |
| dc.link.judgment | https://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/34620/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%203%20May%202019.pdf?sequence=36&isAllowed=y | |
| dc.concourt.synopsis | Section 136(1) of the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998 declared invalid — parole eligibility is part of punishment — section 35(3)(n) of the Constitution — right to least severe punishment Section 9(1) of the Constitution — equality before the law — legitimate government purpose — purpose at odds with rule of law never legitimate | |
| dc.concourt.casehistory | Application for confirmation of a declaration of constitutional invalidity by the Pretoria High Court: Phaahla v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Another (97569/15) [2017] ZAGPPHC 617; 2018 (1) SACR 218 (GP) (3 October 2017). See also the leave to appeal judgment of the Pretoria High Court: Phaahla v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Another (97569/15) [2017] ZAGPPHC 1271 (24 October 2017). |