JUSTICE Navindra Singh and the jury are expected to be at work today trying to find out whether accused Bissoondial Mahadeo, also called ‘Weedman’, Bibi Shamiza, also called ‘Sham’, Hoosman Khan, also called ‘Strongman’, and Bibi Farida Khan, also called ‘Pum’, are guilty or not guilty of the murder of Motilall Singh on the 7th of September, 2009.What caused no ‘play’ yesterday
Yesterday morning, the water in the city canals and the roads nearby were at the same level in certain areas, as vehicles using the roadway resembled motor boats as they spouted water around them.
And the Supreme Court stood like an island in the sun.
All criminal and civil cases shared the same fate, but the weather is expected to change today.
The flash flooding yesterday was evidently caused by the blocked drains and canals and the presence of unsightly heaps of garbage transforming Georgetown from the garden city to a city of garbage.
At the Supreme Court some of the clerks had to use their hard earned money to acquire weather gear, particularly long boots.
One wonders what would have happened if we had gotten the heavy rains that we used to experience years ago. Only time will tell.
Written By George Barclay