SHABBIR ALI JUSAB V. ANAAR OSMAN GAMRAI & ATTORNEY GENERAL

RULING

1. This is a preliminary objection filed by the 1^st respondent and supported by the 2nd respondent seeking the dismissal of an appeal filed in this court on the 20th of November 2012 by the applicant/petitioner challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal in this matter.

2. By an application dated 24^th January 2012, the appellant filed an application for leave in the Court of Appeal to appeal to the Supreme Court on the basis that the intended appeal raised weighty issues of general public importance relating to the law of international child abduction.

3. By a ruling dated 9^th November 2012, the Court of Appeal granted the Certificate to file an appeal to the Supreme Court

4. Following the certification by the Court of Appeal, the appellant filed a Notice of Appeal before the Supreme Court on 20^th November 2012 and a Petition of Appeal on the 5th February 2013 under Rules 9, 33 and 42 of the Supreme Court Rules and the inherent powers of the Court, which are the subject matter …