CCT226/16

[2016] ZACC 48

2017 (8) BCLR 1039 (CC)

The Court

14 December 2016

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/3857

Aapplication for leave to appeal against an order of postponement granted by the Johannesburg High Court: Qwelane v Minister of Justice And Constitutional development and Another (36314/13) [2014] ZAGPJHC 334; 2015 (2) SA 493 (GJ) (21 November 2014)

leave to appeal — order of postponement — due process — audi alteram partem — legal standing of applicant who was an amicus curiae in Court a quo leave to appeal refused — discretion to grant postponement not exercised judicially — but not in interests of justice to intervene — circumstances may, in public interest, warrant acknowledging legal standing of the amicus curiae to seek leave to appeal