List of judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1997

The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1997.

The members of the court at the start of 1997 were President Arthur Chaskalson and judges Lourens Ackermann, John Didcott, Richard Goldstone, Johann Kriegler, Pius Langa, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Kate O'Regan and Albie Sachs. One seat was vacant, as at the end of 1996 Deputy President Ismail Mahomed was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeal. In August 1997, Justice Langa was elevated to the post of Deputy President. A new judge to fill the open seat was not appointed until 1998.

CitationCase nameHeardDecidedMajority authorFraser v Children's Court, Pretoria North and OthersMahomedS v Coetzee and OthersLangaMotsepe v Commissioner for Inland RevenueAckermannPresident of the Republic of South Africa and Another v HugoGoldstonePrinsloo v Van der Linde and AnotherAckermann, O'Regan and SachsFose v Minister of Safety and SecurityAckermannMinister of Justice v NtuliChaskalsonCertification of the Constitution of the Western Cape, 1997–15 May 1997The CourtParbhoo and Others v Getz NO and AnotherAckermannS v Pennington and AnotherChaskalsonS v Lawrence; S v Negal; S v SolbergChaskalsonHarksen v Lane NO and OthersGoldstoneHekpoort Environmental Preservation Society and Another v Minister of Land Affairs and OthersAckermannS v NtseleKrieglerCertification of the Amended Text of the Constitution of the Western Cape, 1997The CourtLarbi-Odam and Others v MEC for Education (North-West Province) and AnotherMokgoroSoobramoney v Minister of Health, KwaZulu-NatalChaskalsonSanderson v Attorney-General, Eastern CapeKrieglerEast Zulu Motors (Pty) Ltd v Empangeni/Ngwelezane Transitional Local Council and OthersMadala

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