When the Clock Trumps the Merits: A Critical Examination of the Supreme Court's Decision in Ex Parte Nyindam and its Implications for Democratic Governance | The Law Platform
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When the Clock Trumps the Merits: A Critical Examination of the Supreme Court's Decision in Ex Parte Nyindam and its Implications for Democratic Governance
It is my submission that in treating the twenty-one-day limitation period as an absolute jurisdictional bar, the Supreme Court allowed the clock to trump the merits of a parliamentary election petition supported by documented and established electoral irregularities.