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\par CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
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\par RATU RAKUITA VAKALALABURE
\par VILIAME VOLAVOLA
\par ISIRELI LEWENIQILA
\par PECELI RINAKAMA
\par VILIAME SAVU
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\par Ruling:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1263399\charrsid1263399  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1705880\charrsid1263399 28th June 2004
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Mr. M. Tedeschi, Mr. G. Allan, Ms A. Prasad for State;
\par Mr. M. Raza for 1st Accused;
\par 2nd Accused in Person;
\par Mr. S. Naqase for 3rd & 6th Accused;
\par Mr. D. Sharma for 4th Accused;
\par Mr. A. Seru for 5th Accused.
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The second accused makes an application that I disqualify myself on the ground that I have on four occasions refused his application for adjournments.}{\fs24\insrsid1263399\charrsid13260419  }{\fs24\insrsid1705880\charrsid13260419 
The fact is, of the four, I have allowed his application for adjournment on one occasion and I gave him more than 2 weeks to find counsel.}{\fs24\insrsid1263399\charrsid13260419  }{\fs24\insrsid1705880\charrsid13260419 
Unfortunately, he did not avail himself of that opportunity and he did not find counsel until his instructions to counsel this morning.
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\par The test for bias as I have already said, is whether an observer, a reasonably informed observer at the back of the courtroom might reasonably apprehend bias, or consider that there was a real danger of bias.}{\fs24\insrsid1263399\charrsid13260419  }{
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\fs24\insrsid1705880\charrsid13260419 As such, this application for disqualification is refused.}{\fs24\insrsid1263399\charrsid13260419  }{\fs24\insrsid1705880\charrsid13260419 Mr. Singh is excused.
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