Lansage Basil vs Attorney General – sllr 2020 volume 3 page 049

In Lansage Basil v. Attorney General, the Supreme Court addressed whether the father of an accused person possesses locus standi to file a revision application contesting a High Court order which denied bail to his son. The Court held that maintaining a restrictive approach to locus standi based solely on section 16(1) and (2) of the Judicature Act is erroneous when revisionary jurisdiction under section 16(3) is invoked. The decision reaffirmed that revisionary powers are intentionally broad and operate to address and correct errors in earlier judicial decisions, regardless of whether the applicant is formally considered an aggrieved party, provided the interests of justice so require. Reliance was placed on the language of section 16 of the Judicature Act and judicial interpretations fro