Tasima (Pty) Ltd v Department of Transport (792/2015)
Tasima (Pty) Ltd v Department of Transport (792/2015) [2015] ZASCA 200; [2016] 1 All SA 465 (SCA) (2 December 2015)
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that the respondents were in contempt of multiple extant court orders requiring compliance with the eNaTIS contract and its extension, regardless of any alleged invalidity of the extension. The court found that the Department's counter-application to set aside the extension was time-barred under section 7 of PAJA, as no adequate explanation for the five-year delay was provided and the collateral challenge doctrine was not available to organs of State. The court confirmed that court orders must be obeyed until set aside, and the legality of the underlying contr…
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- Contempt Of Court
- Contract Extension
- Public Procurement
- Paja Time Bar
- Interdictory Relief