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The Supreme Court is set to begin hearings into a class action suit, filed against the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), on November 24.
The suit was filed on September 9 by a group of disgruntled JPS customers.
The customers have formed a group called Citizens United to Reduce Electricity (CURE).
CURE is challenging the constitutionality of the licence held by the JPS.
The group’s attorney, Hugh Wildman, said the utility company’s licence became unconstitutional with the passage of the Charter of Rights Bill earlier this year.
Wildman said sections of the Charter of Rights stipulate that every Jamaican has the right to equality under the law, and the right to equitable and humane treatment by any public authority in the exercise of any function.
There have been mounting calls for the Government to end the JPS monopoly on electricity distribution, amid increasing electricity bills and complaints about poor customer service.
editorial@gleanerjm.com
The suit was filed on September 9 by a group of disgruntled JPS customers.
The customers have formed a group called Citizens United to Reduce Electricity (CURE).
CURE is challenging the constitutionality of the licence held by the JPS.
The group’s attorney, Hugh Wildman, said the utility company’s licence became unconstitutional with the passage of the Charter of Rights Bill earlier this year.
Wildman said sections of the Charter of Rights stipulate that every Jamaican has the right to equality under the law, and the right to equitable and humane treatment by any public authority in the exercise of any function.
There have been mounting calls for the Government to end the JPS monopoly on electricity distribution, amid increasing electricity bills and complaints about poor customer service.
editorial@gleanerjm.com
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