The Supreme Court has ordered lawyers of the Speaker of Parliament and Attorney General to file documents they will rely on in defense of the suit filed by lawyer and broadcast journalist Richard Dela Sky against the anti-LGBTQ billwithin 7 days.Hearing of the case has been characterized by delays since July with proponents of the anti-LGBTQ Bill blaming the Judiciary.But in court on Thursday morning, lawyer for the Speaker of Parliament, Raphael Banaaagman admitted to court that he was at fault because he had not filed the relevant processes required for the case to continue."Our prayer is that we counsel in the matter are at fault and we pray that it not visited on the applicant.
We are ready to file our statement of case within the shortest time if the court grants our application," Lawyer Banaaagman explained.He therefore filed an application praying the court to grant him time to do so." If your lordship grants our application we are sure that by next week we will be able to file our statement of case.
We noticed that our proposed statement of case is not attached to the application.
It was inadvertent," he added.Chief State Attorney representing the Attorney-General told the court that they had not been able to file their documents because of the delay by the Speaker's lawyer.