New laws bolster courts to make landmark rulings

The new Constitution has given the courts renewed energy and confidence to stamp their authority in the dispensation of justice as shown by recent landmark rulings that have caught the Executive flat-footed.

While it is not the first time Executive decisions have been overturned at the courts, two rulings in the recent past suggest the country’s justice system could be regaining its decisiveness — eroded by years of political interference — for their singular boldness and unswerving loyalty to the law.