A REPORT in this newspaper on July 7 incorrectly stated that the High Court at Lautoka had ruled in favour of the India Sanmarga Ikya (TISI) Sangam.
This was not the case because no findings were made by the court.
The parties agreed to terms of settlement which the court endorsed without making any findings of fact or admission of fault by any party. An apology for this was published on page 2 of The Fiji Times on Friday 15 July.
The assertion that there was a separate faction or that there was a police order cancelling the meeting was wrong and there was no evidence of violence, as alluded to in the article.
In fact, Lautoka High Court judge Justice Suseela Sapuvida on June granted 11 orders by consent which all parties of the then India Sanmarga Ikya (TISI) Sangam have agreed to comply with.
The first consent order was for the election of office bearers and national executives for TISI Fiji’s youth branch to be held at 10am on August 28.
Other orders included TISI’s AGM to be held again on August 28 at 12pm, that the membership of TISI for the AGM should be the approved registered members and there should be a fresh filing of nominations in accordance with TISI’s constitution and rules and regulations of the Then India Valibar Sangam Fiji.
The orders also provide that the nominations committee is to be appointed by the council of management of TISI and the terms of settlement should be put before the council who would endorse the move.
In addition it was ordered that the council would not put forward new articles, make any amendments to articles and abolish any articles under the group’s constitution until the AGM on August 28.
Upon the consent order being made the matter was discontinued.
