On Monday morning (16 July) at the High Court, a representative from the Law Society of Singapore attempted to have lawyer Mr M Ravi disallowed from carrying out his legal duties in Court.
Mr Ravi was in court representing Hougang resident, Mdm Vellama Marie Muthu's bid for the High Court to declare that the Prime Minister does not have unfettered discretion in deciding whether and when to call by-elections. The hearing lasted an hour whereby Justice Pillai reserved judgment.
Before the proceedings began, Mr Wong Siew Hong, a representative from the Law Society approached both senior counsel Mr David Chong, acting on behalf of the Attorney General, and Mr Ravi, outside the Court room. Apparently, Mr Wong had a copy of a letter from Mr Ravi’s psychiatrist, Dr Calvin Fones, which Dr Fones had earlier sent to the Law Society. The letter was shown to both Mr Chong and Mr Ravi. In it, Dr Fones said: “I reviewed Mr Ravi on Saturday 14 May in my clinic following concerns expressed by his friends about his recent moods and behaviours.” Full story
