Judges

Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia recently made it known that the aim is to get 80 to 100 judges sitting on the bench by 2020 so that all provinces in the country have a resident judge.

Facilities and manpower go hand in hand in service delivery and the higher judiciary is seeing a lot of development in delivering justice to the people.

Currently there are 39 judges on the bench, an increase of 20 appointments since Sir Salamo became the Chief Justice.   

Acting Judge Nicholas Miviri was sworn in by acting Governor General Theo Zurenuoc at the Government House today in the presence of Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia and other judges.  

He will be posted to the Kimbe National Court for a term of 12 months. He joins Justice Ellenas  Batari in the West New Britain Province. 

He is the fifth acting judge currently serving in the National Court. The National and Supreme Court have 35 permanent judges.

Miviri’s appointment was announced on Jan 20, 2017 by Chairman of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission Ano Pala.

Set for Thursday, the ceremony will see the renewal of three judicial judges and three new judges being  sworn in.

This will see Frazer Pitpit, Hitelai Polume Kiele and Kenneth Frank all being sworn in as judges, adding to a total of 37 for the country.

The appointments of Pitpit, Kiele and Frank by the Attorney General and Chairman of Judicial and Legal Service Commission Ano Pala is for a period of 10 years

Frazer Pitpit is the former Public Solicitor and is from Meli village, Lou Island, Manus Province.