The Johannesburg Labour Court is due to hand down judgment on Sunday in an application by the SA Police Service to have the lifted suspension of Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli set aside.
Mdluli was granted an order lifting his suspension by the same court on Friday, despite the absence of SAPS lawyers in court.
On Saturday, the SAPS brought an urgent application to have the order set aside.
Attorney William Mokhari SC, for acting national police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, argued that the order granted to
Mdluli was questionable as it was obtained "improperly" and may have constituted fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
In court papers, he said the order was secured under circumstances which were "grossly irregular, and bordered on fraud
and/or fraudulent misrepresentation... to the court."
Mokhari questioned how the court could have ruled on the matter when the case had been set down for June 4.
He said all parties involved in the case were informed on Thursday afternoon that it would only be heard on Monday.
Such a case should not have been heard without the consent of the other parties, he said.
Mdluli was suspended for the second time last Sunday by Mkhwanazi. Last year, Mdluli faced fraud and corruption charges relating to the misuse of a secret crime intelligence fund to buy luxury vehicles, and to hire family members.
He also faced a murder charge for the death of his former lover's husband, Oupa Ramogibe. The charges led to his initial
suspension.
This year, all the charges were withdrawn and Mdluli was reinstated in March.
- Sapa
