A High Court judge has grant­ed leave to chal­lenge the Ju­di­cial and Le­gal Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (JLSC) over its pro­longed si­lence and fail­ure to make a de­ci­sion on a re­newed com­plaint of ju­di­cial mis­con­duct against two High Court judges.

The High Court has cleared a man of charges of at­tempt­ed mur­der, shoot­ing with in­tent to do griev­ous bod­i­ly harm, pos­ses­sion of a firearm and pos­ses­sion of am­mu­ni­tion.

Sev­er­al men ac­cused of in­volve­ment in vi­o­lent home in­va­sion gangs across Cen­tral and South Trinidad, have been de­tained un­der Pre­ven­ta­tive De­ten­tion Or­ders (PDOs) is­sued un­der the Emer­gency Pow­ers Reg­u­la­tions, 2026.

There have been two mur­ders in Mor­vant, as homi­cide in­ves­ti­ga­tors work to­wards con­firm­ing whether there is any link be­tween the two killings.