The Citizen reports that on Wednesday judgment was reserved in the North Gauteng High Court regarding an application by drink-driving Judge Nkola Motata to have numerous sections of the Judicial Service Act declared unconstitutional.  

The 66-year-old judge has been on special leave with full pay and benefits since January 2007.  In 2009 he was in 2009 convicted of drunk driving and fined R20,000.  His subsequent appeal against his conviction was dismissed.  Justice Minister Michael Masutha earlier this month revealed that Motata had been paid almost R14 million between 1 January 2007 and the end of October this year.  There is no provision for the judge to pay back a portion of his salary should a Judicial Conduct Tribunal find him guilty of gross misconduct.

• Read this report by Ilse de Lange in full at The Citizen
• See too, Drunken judge case drags on, at Pretoria News

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