Ahnee v Director of Public Prosecutions

Subject Matter

JURISDICTION — Mauritius — Supreme Court — Jurisdiction — Contempt of court — Newspaper article publicly scandalising court — Whether power to commit for contempt of court — Whether power contravening individual's constitutional rights — Whether constitutional meaning of “law” including common law — Ingredients of offence of scandalising court — Courts Ordinance 1945, s 15 — Constitution of Mauritius, ss 5(1), 10(1)(4), 12(1)(2)(b), 76(1) — Courts Act, s 15

[1999] 2 AC 294; [1999] 2 WLR 1305