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22332
Raj Sharma v. Her Majesty the Queen, et al.
(Ontario) (Criminal) (By Leave)
Docket
Judgments on applications for leave to appeal are rendered by the Court, but are not necessarily unanimous.
| Date | Proceeding | Filed By (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|
| 1997-09-08 | Appeal closed | |
| 1993-07-23 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, Sent to Court of Appeal of Ontario, enclosing their record | |
| 1993-05-07 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent to Robert Houston; re: amendment reasons for judgment | |
| 1993-05-07 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent to MacLarin, Corlett; re: amendment reasons for judgment | |
| 1993-05-07 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent to Bayne, Sellar; re: amendment reasons for judgment | |
| 1993-03-31 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from Milan Rupic; re: a "slip" in the reasons for judgment | |
| 1993-03-15 | Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties, Ontario (Toronto) | |
| 1993-03-15 | Copy of formal judgment on leave being prepared, Maclarin, Corlett (Ottawa, ON) | |
| 1993-03-15 | Copy of formal judgment on leave being prepared, Soloway, Wright (Ottawa, ON) | |
| 1993-03-15 | Copy of formal judgment on leave being prepared, Bayne, Sellar, Boxall (Ottawa, ON) | |
| 1993-02-26 | Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties, sent to Bayne, Sellar, Boxall (Ottawa, ON) | |
| 1993-02-26 | Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties, sent to Soloway, Wright (Ottawa, ON) | |
| 1993-02-26 | Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties, sent to Maclarin, Corlett (Ottawa, ON) | |
| 1993-02-25 |
Judgment on the appeal rendered, R. v. Sharma, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 650, LaF L'HD So G Co St Ia, The appeal is allowed, the appellant's convictions both on the by-law charge and on the criminal charge are set aside and acquittals entered instead. Allowed, no order as to costs |
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| 1992-07-14 | General proceeding, memo from Claude E. Alain re: letter dated July 6, 1992, from Mr. Shaun Nakatsuru, counsel for the appellant in the Greenbaum case sent up to Justices LaF L'HD So G Co I. | |
| 1992-06-22 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from Milan Rupic; re: sees no reason why judgment in Sharma should be reserved until argument in Greenbaum (22506) | |
| 1992-06-17 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, dated June 12, 1992 from George S. Monteith (Re: No objection to Ms. Simpson's request if the Court is of the ivew that it is necessary to defer its decision on the municipal law aspect of the Sharma appeal) | |
| 1992-06-17 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, dated June 12, 1992 from Mr. Alan D. Gold (Re: Response to Court's request for his views in respect of Ms. Simpson's letter) | |
| 1992-06-08 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent to Ms. Simpson (Toronto,ON) advising her that the Court has instructed Registrar to provide copies of her letter to other counsel for the parties in both the Sharma and Greenbaum cases inviting their views on her request. Copy sent to Gowling, Strat | |
| 1992-06-08 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent to Mr. Gregory J. Fitch c/o A.G. of Ontario; Mr. Alan D. Gold c/o Gold & Fuerst (Toronto,ON); Mr. George S. Monteith c/o H.W.O. Doyle (Tor,ON); Mr. Shaun Nakatsura c/o Nakatsuru & Doucette (Toronto,ON) together with letter of Ms. Beverley A. Simpson | |
| 1992-05-13 | General proceeding, transcripts received and distributed to the justices (88 pages)_ | |
| 1992-04-28 |
Hearing of the appeal, 1992-04-28, LaF L'HD So G Co St Ia Decision reserved |
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| 1992-04-27 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (original) from Robert Avinoam; re: that he and George Monteith will take 30 min. for their submissions | |
| 1992-04-24 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (by fax) from Robert Avinoam; re: that he and Geor ge Monteith will take 30 min. for their submis- sions | |
| 1992-04-24 | Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (by fax) from Milan Rupic; re: that he will take 30 minutes for his submissions on April 28/92 | |
| 1992-04-22 | Book of authorities, JOINT 11 copies of vol. I to III, with service | Raj Sharma |
| 1992-04-21 |
Appeal hearing scheduled, 1992-04-28 Decision reserved |
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| 1992-04-15 | Book of authorities, 10 copies of statutory provisions, with service | Her Majesty the Queen |
| 1992-03-06 | Order on miscellaneous motion, permitting the respondent to file their factum in its present form namely without every tenth line being numbered as required by rules 39 and 33(2). | |
| 1992-03-06 | Appeal court record, (6 books) | |
| 1992-03-03 |
Decision on miscellaneous motion, for an order accepting the factum in its present form without the tenth line numbering., Reg Granted, no order as to costs |
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| 1992-03-03 | Hearing of miscellaneous motion, 1992-03-03, for an order accepting the factum in its present form without the tenth line numbering., Reg | |
| 1992-03-03 | Submission of miscellaneous motion, 1992-03-03, for an order accepting the factum in its present form without the tenth line numbering., Reg | |
| 1992-02-28 | Response to miscellaneous motion, for an Order accepting Respondent's factum as printed without every tenth line numbered. | Her Majesty the Queen |
| 1992-02-28 | Response to miscellaneous motion, for an Order accepting the Respondent's factum as printed without every tenth line numbered | Raj Sharma |
| 1992-02-28 | Affidavit, for an Order accepting the Respondent's factum as printed without every tenth line numbered. | Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto |
| 1992-02-28 | Notice of miscellaneous motion, for an Order accepting the Respondent's factum as printed without every tenth line numbered | Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto |
| 1992-02-13 | Respondent's factum, 25 copies, with service | Her Majesty the Queen |
| 1992-01-23 | Appeal perfected for hearing, Session beginning on 1992-04-27 | |
| 1992-01-22 | Respondent's factum, 24 copies (motion to accept the factum in its present form requested), with service | Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto |
| 1991-12-10 | Order on motion to extend time, to serve and file the appellant's factum to Dec/05 /1991., with service | |
| 1991-12-05 |
Decision on motion to extend time, to serve and file the appellant's factum to Dec/05 /1991, Reg Granted, no order as to costs |
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| 1991-12-05 | Hearing of motion to extend time, 1991-12-05, to serve and file the appellant's factum to Dec/05 /1991, Reg | |
| 1991-12-05 | Submission of motion to extend time, 1991-12-05, to serve and file the appellant's factum to Dec/05 /1991, Reg | |
| 1991-12-04 | Response to motion to extend time, to file appellant's factum | Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto |
| 1991-12-04 | Response to motion to extend time, to file appellant's factum | Her Majesty the Queen |
| 1991-12-04 | Affidavit, to file appellant's factum (of Richard Litkowski) | Raj Sharma |
| 1991-12-04 | Motion to extend time, to Dec. 5, 1991 to file appellant's factum | Raj Sharma |
| 1991-12-04 | Appellant's factum, 24 copies (23 copies returned for correction and returned from Jan. 24, 1992), with service | Raj Sharma |
| 1991-11-13 | Order on motion to extend time, to serve and file the case on appeal to Oct\30\91 | |
| 1991-11-13 | Order on motion to extend time, in which to file the case on appeal to Oct\30\1991, with service | |
| 1991-11-05 |
Decision on motion to extend time, in which to file the case on appeal to Oct\30\1991, LaF Granted, no order as to costs |
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| 1991-11-05 | Hearing of motion to extend time, 1991-11-05, in which to file the case on appeal to Oct\30\1991, LaF | |
| 1991-11-05 | Submission of motion to extend time, 1991-11-05, in which to file the case on appeal to Oct\30\1991, LaF | |
| 1991-11-01 | Service, 1 copy of Case on appeal, with service | |
| 1991-11-01 | Motion to extend time, to file the Case on Appeal to Oct. 20/91 AMENDED | Raj Sharma |
| 1991-10-29 | Case on appeal, 24 copies | Raj Sharma |
| 1991-10-29 | Response to motion to extend time, to file the Case on Appeal, with service | Her Majesty the Queen |
| 1991-10-29 | Affidavit, to file the Case on Appeal; Richard Litkowski, with service | Raj Sharma |
| 1991-10-29 | Motion to extend time, to file the Case on Appeal, with service | Raj Sharma |
| 1991-06-27 | Notice of appeal, 2 copies, with service | Raj Sharma |
| 1991-06-26 | Close file on Leave | |
| 1991-06-20 | Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, McMaster, Meighen (Ottawa,ON) | |
| 1991-06-20 | Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, McMaster, Meighen (Ottawa,ON) | |
| 1991-06-20 | Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Soloway, Wright, Houston (Ottawa,ON) | |
| 1991-06-20 | Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Bayne, Sellar, Boxall (Ottawa,ON) | |
| 1991-06-20 |
Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, L'HD G Ia, The application for leave to appeal is granted. Granted, no order as to costs |
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| 1991-06-20 | Hearing of the application for leave to appeal, 1991-06-20, L'HD G Ia | |
| 1991-06-20 | All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, 1991-06-20, L'HD G Ia | |
| 1991-04-30 | All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, L'HD G I | |
| 1991-04-15 | $30.00 filing fee, receipt #19431 | Raj Sharma |
| 1991-04-15 | Application for leave to appeal, as filing fee received, Completed on: 1991-04-15 | |
| 1991-03-21 | Correspondence received from, from M. Chambers; re: they were Respondent's in lower courts | Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto |
| 1991-03-20 | Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, 5 copies, with service | Her Majesty the Queen |
| 1991-03-20 | Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, 5 copies, with service | Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto |
| 1991-03-08 | Service, copy of application for leave | |
| 1991-03-05 | Application for leave to appeal, 5 copies (missing: proof of service - $30.00), Incomplete | Raj Sharma |
Parties
Please note that in the case of closed files, the “Status” column reflects the status of the parties at the time of the proceedings. For more information about the proceedings and about the dates when the file was open, please consult the docket of the case in question.
Main parties
| Name | Role | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sharma, Raj | Applicant | Active |
v.
| Name | Role | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Her Majesty the Queen | Respondent | Active |
| Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto | Respondent | Active |
Counsel
Party: Sharma, Raj
Counsel
210 - 20 Adelaide St Est
Toronto, Ontario
M5C 2T6
Telephone: (416) 368-1726
FAX: (416) 368-6811
Agent
500 - 200 Elgin St
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 1L5
Telephone: (613) 236-0535
FAX: (613) 236-6958
Party: Her Majesty the Queen
Counsel
602 - 865 HORNBY ST
VANCOUVER, British Columbia
V6Z 2G3
Telephone: (604) 660-1126
FAX: (604) 660-1142
Agent
70 Gloucester St
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0A2
Telephone: (613) 566-2058
FAX: (613) 235-4430
Party: Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto
Counsel
55 John Street
Station 1260, 26th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3C6
Telephone: (416) 392-8040
FAX: (416) 397-5624
Agent
31, Bourque
Hull, Quebec
J8Y 1X2
Telephone: (819) 771-1210
FAX: (819) 778-8957
Summary
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Lower court rulings
Provincial Court of Ontario
Not available
Conviction: S.129 of the Criminal Code, obstructing a police officer
District Court of Ontario
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Appeal from by-law conviction dismissed
Court of Appeal for Ontario
529/89
Appal from both convictions dismissed
Filed documents
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