The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in the suit filed by the 36 state governments seeking an order of the apex court to compel the federal government to take up funding of capital and recurrent expenditure of courts of record in states of the federation — High Courts, Sharia Courts of Appeal and Customary Courts of Appeal.
They want to know whether having regard to the provisions of Section 6 and 81 of the Constitution read together with item 21 of the third schedule, the defendant is not constitutionally obligated and or charged with the responsibility for funding all capital and recurrent expenditure of the High Courts, Sharia Courts of Appeal and Customary Courts of Appeal at the states of the federation being courts created under section 6 of the constitution.
Specifically, they are asking for the refund of a total sum of N66 billion they claimed the 36 states have expended in the maintenance of these courts in their respective states. He therefore urged the seven-man panel led by Justice Musa Datijo to rule in favour of the plaintiffs and grant the nine reliefs sought in the originating summons.
He therefore called on the apex court to dismiss the suit and award substantial cost against the plaintiffs.
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