So far the JSC has interviewed nine of the 13 who applied for the post of Chief Justice in a recruitment exercise that’ll stretch out as far as October 19 following the decision to also interview all 16 and 21 who applied for the posts of Deputy Chief Justice and Supreme Court judge respectively.
The interviews were initially meant to conclude on October 7.
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This despite the Supreme Court not being properly constituted given the express Constitutional provision that a minimum of five judges are required for it to be properly constituted.
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