Section 287: Wrong allocation of air-time – Political broadcasts—The applicants
consolidated text (as at 2017). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
287. Wrong allocation of air-time – Political broadcasts—The applicants
sought orders directing the respondents to (i) allocate to the applicants air
time for general election equal to that allocated to the Alliance MSM/MMM;
(ii) refrain from giving certain publicity to the Alliance MSM/MMM; (iii) set up
a panel of barristers to vet the final address made by the leader of the Alliance MSM/MMM.
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HELD the Supreme Court will intervene only if there is, or might appear
to be, a major flaw in the respondent’s decision-making process or that its
decision is unreasonable. Purryag v Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation and
Alliance MSM/MMM (1991).
L. Symbol of identification