South Africa: North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA

GAUTENG DIVISION, PRETORIA

Case number: 35964/20

Date of hearing: 24 August 2023

Date delivered: 24 August 2023

Reasons: 22 September 2023

In the matter between:

SURENDRA SINGH                                                           Applicant

and

SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK                              Respondent

REASONS FOR JUDGEMENT

SWANEPOEL J:

[1]        On 24 August 2023 I heard an application for leave to appeal against a judgment of my sister Mngqibisa-Thusi J which she handed down on 20 February 2023.

[2]        The notice of application for leave to appeal confined the grounds for appeal to essentially one proposition: That the respondent's decision to attach R 40 million belonging to applicant was arbitrary and irrational and that he was acting on °dictation" (sic) of another person.

[3]        I do not intend to repeat the facts, as they are comprehensively dealt with in the judgment of Mngqibisa-Thusi J.Her analysis of the matter is also fully set out, and I respectfully agree with her findings. Suffice it to say, that I find no facts in the papers to support applicant's case.

[4]        I may only grant leave to appeal if I believe that an appeal would have a reasonable prospect of success, or if there is another compelling reason why the appeal should be heard. I cannot find so in this case.

{5)       For the aforesaid reasons I dismissed the application with costs.

SWANEPOEL J

JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT

GAUTENG DIVISION PRETORIA