Africa-Press – Mauritius. Lawyer Sanjeev Teeluckdharry’s constitutional challenge against raising the eligibility age for the old-age pension from 60 to 65 was heard by Chief Justice Rehana Mungly-Gulbul during the Supreme Court’s Formal Matters Session yesterday. The defendants named in the case—including the Mauritian State, Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, Deputy Prime Minister Paul Bérenger, and Social Security Minister Ashok Subron—requested, through Chief State Attorney Me Rasmi Camiah, additional time to submit requests for “further and better particulars.”
The Chief Justice granted this request, and the matter was postponed to Monday, the 29th, when the defendants must present their detailed demands. Teeluckdharry had filed his constitutional complaint in the Supreme Court on August 14 and plans to represent himself.
Among the main arguments in his complaint are the impoverishment of thousands of citizens, the arbitrary and undemocratic nature of the measure due to the lack of democratic debate, and a violation of his constitutional right to property. He is asking the Supreme Court to declare that Section 39 of the Finance Act, which raises the retirement age to 65, violates several constitutional provisions and should be annulled.
Following Teeluckdharry’s initial lawsuit, three other constitutional complaints challenging the legality of raising the pension eligibility age to 65 have also been filed in the Supreme Court.
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