The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled in favour of the government, dismissing an appeal filed by Opposition Leader Azzrudin Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed, in relation to extradition proceedings, clearing the way for the matter to resume before Guyana’s courts.
In its ruling delivered on Wednesday, the CCJ granted the application for special leave to appeal from the decision but dismissed the substantive appeal, leaving the decisions of the lower courts undisturbed.
In delivering the court’s ruling, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, CCJ Adrian Saunders, noted that the court will also lift the interim stay of the extradition proceedings that it had imposed on March 25, 2026, allowing those proceedings to continue.
Additionally, the CCJ ordered that there be no order as to costs before the court.
In its judgment, the court found that the second appellant did not come to the court with “clean hands,” stating that he had provoked the verbal attacks of which he complained through his own earlier attacks on government officials and his willing participation in political exchanges.
The CCJ further indicated that the issue of costs in the courts below remains reserved and will be addressed at a later date through further directions, likely beginning with a case management conference.
Welcoming the court’s ruling, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC, thanked the judges for what he described as a thorough and significant judgment.
“Your Honor, we want to thank the court profusely for a very elaborate and comprehensive judgment. We look forward to reading the judgment, and no doubt it will contribute to our growing jurisprudence, especially on the area of extradition, bias, public law, etc. So once again, Your Honor, thank you very much,” the AG said.