The Appellant was employed as a nurse at M/s Ebrahim Haji Ithna-Asheri Charitable Hospital. She was dismissed from her employment because of certain breaches of the disciplinary code under the Security of Employment Act, 1964. The dispute was referred to the Conciliation Board but it confirmed her dismissal. She appealed to the Minister for Labour and Youth Development who reduced the sentence from one of dismissal to one of termination. She was aggrieved and applied in the High Court for orders of certiorari to quash the decision of the Minister and mandamus directing him to order reinstatement of the Appellant. However, the High Court dismissed the application. She was aggrieved and appealed to the Court of Appeal contending that the judge failed to assign reasons for his decision and that he committed an error of law on the face of record by misinterpreting the law and thereby citing a wrong provision of law. On the part of the Respondents, it was argued that the law had been followed to the letter before she was dismissed. The Court of Appeal considered whether this was a fit case for the writ of certiorari to be issued.

