The Johannesburg Labour Court on Sunday ruled in favour of the application by the SA Police Service to set aside the lifting of
the suspension of Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli.
Mdluli had been 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.
