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AI summary
The High Court dealt with an urgent PAIA application by an applicant seeking television programme records from the SABC, including a copy of an episode, broadcast details, audience statistics and a transcript. The court said the application was not urgent, had not exhausted internal remedies under PAIA, and was in substance a challenge to a refusal decision. The application was struck from the urgent roll, with no costs order.
This appears to concern PAIA procedure, urgent court applications and requests for broadcast records in the context of pending damages litigation.
Evidence from source
The application is struck from the urgent roll for lack of urgency. (2). The applicant is not precluded from enrolling the application in the ordinary course, subject to compliance with PAIA and the Uniform Rules of Court.
Supports: Summary sentence 3
The applicant did not lodge an internal appeal; instead he brought an urgent application in the High Court. He thus did not exhaust internal remedies as required by PAIA.
Supports: Summary sentence 2