Supreme Court judgment reiterates that it is not the role of the Court to interfere with the powers vested in public authorities absent procedural impropriety, illegality, bad faith, or reliance on irrelevant considerations, and a delay to make an application must be explained.

On 21 September 2026, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in G. Murday v. Ministry of Agro-Industry, Food Security, Blue Economy and Fisheries i.p.o The Public Service Commission and others [2026 SCJ 405]. The question which the Court was called upon to decide turned on whether the applicant’s application for leave to apply for judicial review had been made promptly.