PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — A former Supreme Court Judge from India, B N Srikrishna has urged the twin island republic to fully adopt the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court of appeal rather than the Privy Council in London.
“What are you waiting for,” asked Srikrishna who made the appeal at a recent symposium hosted by the Law Association Trinidad and Tobago.
The aim of the recent symposium was to encourage the government to suitably amend the Constitution to elevate the CCJ as the final court of appeal.
According to Srikrisha, India replaced the UK based Privy Council as its final court of appeal by the Federal Court of India — now the Supreme Court of India — just two years after gaining independence from Britain in 1947 “Why should a sovereign state allow its former master to be the final arbitrator?”
