TRIBUNAL RESERVES JUDGMENT IN PARKER CASE

Accused of bringing Judiciary into disrepute

- CHEVON BOOYSEN

WESTERN Cape High Court Judge Mushtak Parker's silence during the Judicial Conduct Tribunal into complaints of gross misconduct against him came under strict scrutiny as the Tribunal heard closing arguments on the matter yesterday.

The Tribunal reserved its decision after arguments were heard in which Parker is accused of bringing the judiciary into disrepute by committing the cardinal sin of lying under oath when he deposed an affidavit which alleged that he was physically assaulted by Judge President John Hlophe and then, a year later, retracted that version in a contradictory affidavit.

In the second complaint, the Cape Bar Council accused Parker of misconduct for not disclosing pertinent information in his application and at his interview to be a judge.