<p class="ql-align-center">RULING OF THE COURT</p><p class="ql-align-justify">The Notice of Motion before me is brought by <em>Judicial Service Commission (hereinafter “JSC”). </em>The motion is stated to have been brought under <em>Rule 4</em> of the <em>Court’s Rules, Sections 3, 3A, 3B</em> and <em>7</em> of the <em>Appellant Jurisdiction Act</em>, and all the enabling provisions of the Law. As far as I am concerned, the primary provision of law relevant to this matter is <em>Rule 4</em> of this <em>Court’s Rules</em> which provides that:</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><em>“The Court may, on such terms as it thinks just, by order extend the time limited by these Rules, or by any decision of the Court or of a superior court for the doing of any act authorized or required by these Rules whether before or after the doing of the act, and a reference in these Rules to any such time shall be construed as a reference to that time as extended”.</em></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><em>Section 3 </em>gives the court jurisdiction to hear appeals from the High Court, delineates the powers the court has when hearing appeals and states the law to be applied when hearing such appeals. It has noth…</p>