By Pius Mordi When the apex court in the land gives a judgement, it carries the weight of a final arbiter for which there is no appeal. That puts a burden on the Justices. It becomes incumbent on them to take every factor – political, economic – into consideration. When there was more of politics that influence its decision, it takes measures to advice that the ruling should not be cited as a precedent. It happened in 1979 when the Justices had to navigate the constitutional requirement that to be…
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