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Vaswanis: Court quashes deportation order
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Written by Muideen Olaniyi   
Thursday, 05 November 2009 03:15
A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday quashed the deportation of the Vaswani Brothers, the withdrawal of expatriate quota of companies within the Stallion Group and the repatriation of such staff. Justice A. M. Liman in his judgement described their deportation and other actions taken against Sunil, Haresh and Mahesh Vaswani as unlawful, and directed the reinstatement of their expatriate quota.

The Judge agreed with the counsels to the plaintiffs Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim SAN, who led Professor G. A Olawoyin SAN, Mr. Tunji Oyeyipo SAN and Mr J. A. Badejo, that the Vaswani’s cannot be deported.  

The Judge said their expatriate quotas and staff cannot also  be withdrawn and repatriated respectively  without complying with Section 36 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 and Articles 7, 12(4) & (5) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights.   

The Judge held that failure of the government to seek and obtain representation from Stallion Group  is a breach of their fundamental rights as enshrined in the Constitution.    A statement by one of its directors, Alhaji Tajudeen Olalere reads in part: The judgement puts an end to our unfortunate predicament.   
 

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