Steele and Others v. Attorney-General, Tejan-Sie and Koroma (Civil Case No. 125/66) [1967] SLSC 1210 (03 January 1967);
Constitutional Law-fundamental rights-enforcement-application for redress-applicant must allege facts showing direct injury actually sustained or immediately threatened
Constitutional Law-fundamental rights-enforcement-application for redress-applicant must allege facts showing special injury not common to public
Constitutional Law - party system - parliamentary resolution that Government consider introducing one-party system constitutional
A person invoking the enforcement provisions laid down in s.24 of the Constitution must allege facts which show that, as a result of the acts complained of, he has sustained, or is sustaining, or is immediately in danger of sustaining, a direct injury, and it is insufficient to allege facts which merely show a likelihood that he will suffer in some indefinite way (page 13, lines 30-36; page 14, lines 8-13).
A person invoking the enforcement provisions laid down in s.24 of the Constitution must allege facts which show, as a result of the acts complained of, an injury to himself which is not one of a general nature common to all members of the public, and it is insufficient to allege facts which merely show that he will suffer in common with other people (page 13, lines 30-36; page 14, lines 8-13).
A resolution of Parliament that the Government give serious consideration to the introduction of a one-party system of government does not contravene Part 2 of Chapter IV of the Constitution (page 11,
lines 7-9).
