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42090

Achraf Deghboudj v. Société de transport de Montréal

(Quebec) (Criminal) (By Leave)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2026-06-01 Close file on Leave
2026-05-28 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2026-05-28 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2026-05-28 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The motion for an extension of time to serve and file the application for leave to appeal is granted. The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal), Number 500-10-008418-251, 2025 QCCA 1089, dated September 5, 2025, is dismissed.
Dismissed
2026-05-28 Decision on motion to extend time to file and /or serve the leave application, See judgment on application
Granted
2026-04-20 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2026-04-20 Submission of motion to extend time to file and/ or serve the leave application, Ka Kas Mor
2025-12-04 Notice of change of solicitor, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2025-12-09) Société de transport de Montréal
2025-12-04 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), 23A, (Printed version filed on 2025-12-09) Société de transport de Montréal
2025-12-04 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2025-12-09) Société de transport de Montréal
2025-12-04 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Missing:
-Proof of service (copy of the email and read/delivery receipt or confirmation) (rec'd 2025-12-05), Completed on: 2025-12-09, (Printed version filed on 2025-12-09)
Société de transport de Montréal
2025-11-25 Affidavit, (Letter Form), (Included in the motion to extend the time to file and or serve the application for leave to appeal) Achraf Deghboudj
2025-11-25 Motion to extend the time to file and or serve the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Completed on: 2025-11-25, (Printed version filed on 2025-11-25) Achraf Deghboudj
2025-11-14 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), Public access to information form Achraf Deghboudj
2025-11-12 Letter advising parties of an incomplete application for leave to appeal, File opened
2025-11-05 Affidavit, (Letter Form), in support of the application Achraf Deghboudj
2025-11-05 Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Missing:
-Motion to extend time (rec'd 2025-11-25)
-Public access to information form (rec'd 2025-11-14)
-Proof of service (rec'd 2025-11-12)
-Respondent's counsel information (rec'd 2025-11-14)
-Cover page that includes respondent's counsel information (rec'd 2025-11-25), Completed on: 2025-11-25, (Printed version filed on 2025-11-12)
Achraf Deghboudj

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Deghboudj, Achraf Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Société de transport de Montréal Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Deghboudj, Achraf

This party is not represented by counsel.

Party: Société de transport de Montréal

Counsel
Name
Marie-Noël St-Hilaire
Contact information
Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales
775, rue Gosford 2e étage
Montréal, Quebec
H2Y 3B9
Telephone: (514) 872-3394
FAX: (514) 872-3400
Email: marie-noel.st-hilaire@montreal.ca

Summary

Keywords

Municipal law — By-laws — Appeals — Conviction under by-law R-036 of Société de transport de Montréal — Applicant seeking leave to appeal out of time — Whether courts erred in their decisions — Whether application for leave to appeal raises questions of public importance.

Summary

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The applicant received a statement of offence for having verbally abused, insulted or provoked through words or gestures a bus driver of the respondent, Société de transport de Montréal. Following a trial, the applicant was convicted of the offence by the Municipal Court and ordered to pay a fine of $100 plus court costs. The Superior Court dismissed the applicant’s appeal, and the Court of Appeal dismissed his application for leave to appeal out of time.

Lower court rulings

March 18, 2025
Superior Court of Quebec

2025 QCCS 810 (French only)

Appeal dismissed

September 5, 2025
Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal)

2025 QCCA 1089 (French only)

Application for leave to appeal out of time dismissed

Filed documents

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Date modified: 2026-06-02