04.01.2009|Judgment|Judgment / Supreme Court
HCJ 4410/08 - D. Mahmud et al. v. Central District Attorney et al. Decision on Application to Impose Costs
The Court charged the respondents with the petitioner's costs in a petition submitted by HaMoked due to foot dragging in the investigation into the death of a minor who was shot by border police officers on his way home from school in 2003. The Court rejected the State's claim that it should not be charged with costs since it responded to HaMoked's inquiry at the time the petition was filed, and had HaMoked appealed prior to the submission of the petition, the latter would have become redundant. The Court rules that the submission of the petition was justified given the fact that HaMoked made over 13 appeals to the State Attorney's Office to no avail, and the petitioners must therefore be paid expenses.
