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\par (Fiji Court of Appeal Criminal No.24/93)
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5703131 {\b\insrsid5703131\charrsid5703131 BIJENDRA NARAYAN
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\par }{\b\insrsid5703131\charrsid6167830 Coram}{\insrsid5703131 : The Hon. Sir Timoci Tuivaga, President }{\insrsid12278723 
\par }{\insrsid5703131 The Rt. Hon. Sir Robin Cooke
\par The Hon. Sir Anthony Mason
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid5703131\charrsid6167830 Hearing:}{\insrsid5703131  15 November 1995
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid8212514\charrsid6167830 Counsel}{\insrsid8212514 : Mr. S.J. Stanton for the Appellant}{\insrsid5703131 
\par }{\insrsid8212514 Mr. V. Maharaj
\par Mr. S Chandra
\par 
\par Mr.K.D. Wilkinson for the Respondent
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid8212514\charrsid6167830 Judgment}{\insrsid8212514 : 20 November 1995
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8212514 {\b\ul\insrsid8212514\charrsid4881582 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
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\par }{\insrsid4671532\charrsid611620 The principal point sought to be argued in the proposed appeal is that the primary judge failed to conduct}{\insrsid4671532  }{\insrsid14245218 
an adequate hearing of the application for an order for compensation under S.161 (1) (b) of the Criminal Procedure Code or to afford an adequate opportunity to the Petitioner to deal with the issues that arose in that appli
cation. Counsel for the petitioner therefore argues that the case is one giving rise to \'93substantial and grave injustice\'94 within the meaning of section 13 (2) of the Supreme Court Decree 1991.}{\insrsid12278723 
\par 
\par }{\insrsid14245218\charrsid8850305 As became common ground, the point was not raised in the Court of Appeal. For this reason alone we would be extremely reluctant to grant special leave to appeal. The fact that the ground now said}{\insrsid5916744 
 to give rise to substantial and grave injustice was not agitated before the Court of Appeal is a powerful consideration te
lling against a grant of special leave on that ground. Generally speaking, this Court, as the ultimate Court of Appeal for Fiji is entitled to the benefit of the prior consideration by the Court of Appeal of questions raised for determination in this Cour
t. Furthermore, the efficient administration of justice, as well as the concept of fairness to the parties, requires that }{\insrsid8390995 as }{\insrsid5916744 
a general rule, questions should not be raised for the first time in this Court when they could have been raised in the proceedings in the court or court}{\insrsid8390995 s}{\insrsid5916744  below.}{\insrsid12278723 
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In any event, we do not consider that there is sufficient substance in the point to warrant the grant of special leave. Our reasons for reaching this conclusion are associated, to some extent, with our response to the second poin
t which the petitioner seeks to argue in the proposed appeal. The petitioner seeks to argue in the proposed appeal. The Petitioner\rquote 
s second point is that the primary judge failed to apply the discretionary considerations which he listed as being relevant t
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this failure amounts to a question of general legal importance or a substantial question of principle. In particular, the petitioner argues that the primary judge failed to consider whether the petitioner had the means or ability to satisfy the order, thi
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\par }{\insrsid14765684\charrsid13778109 The precise course which the proceedings took before the primary judge is not altogether clear. But the Petitioner was re
presented by counsel and it was open to the petitioner to adduce evidence of lack of means or ability to satisfy an order as well as evidence relevant to other discretionary matters and to cross-examine deponents to affidavits. Yet it would seem that the 
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\par In these circumstances, having regard to the way in which the case was conducted at first and in the court of Appeal, we are not persuaded that there emerges for the consideration of this Court as sufficiently clear-}{\insrsid7692116 c}{\insrsid3549590 
ut question of general legal importance
 or substantial question of principle to justify the grant of special leave. In the ultimate analysis, the case turns very much on the way in which it was conducted rather than upon the outcome of any clear-cut question of general principle.
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\par The petition for special leave is therefore refused.
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3549590 {\b\insrsid3549590\charrsid3549590 SIR ROBIN COOKE
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\par }{\insrsid3549590 Koya & Co., Suva, for the Appellant
\par }{\insrsid14381819 Offi}{\insrsid3549590 ce of Director of Public Prosecutions, Suva, for Respondent
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