The Supreme Court will on December 7 deliver judgment in the case filed by the 36 state governments against the Federal Government over the dispute on the funding of superior courts in the states and the legality of the Executive Order 10 issued by President Muhammadu Buhari.
It was learnt on Sunday that parties have since been issued notices by the court’s Registry informing them about the planned judgment.
The states filed the suit in the name of their Attorneys General, with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), who is representing the Federal Government, is listed as the sole defendant.
On October 4 this year, a seven-member panel of the court, led by Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad had, after taking final submissions from lawyers to parties and the five amici curiae invited, announced that judgment was reserved till a date to be communicated to parties.
While the states are contending, among others, that it is the responsibility to the Federal Government to bear the capital and recurrent expenditure of all courts created under Section 6 of the Constitution, the Federal Government thinks otherwise.