Darmalingum v The State

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Type: Case

Citation: [2000] 1 WLR 2303, PC; (unreported), 10th July 2000, Judgment No. 42 of 1999, PC

Summary: Inordinate delay between arrest and trial — Further inordinate delay between conviction and completion of appellate process — Constitutional right to fair hearing within reasonable time extended to post-conviction appellate process — As result of both periods of delay defendant’s constitutional right infringed and convictions quashed

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Court: Supreme Court of Mauritius

Jurisdiction: Mauritius

Date 2000