The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by the MK Party and its parliamentary leader, John Hlophe, to challenge an interim interdict which has prevented him from serving on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

The apex court ruled that no case had been made for a direct appeal.

Last year, three separate cases were lodged in the Western Cape High Court to urgently stop Hlophe, the former Western Cape High Court judge president, from taking up a seat as a parliamentarian on the JSC.

They argued that as an impeached judge, he’s unsuitable to sit on the body that recommended his impeachment, just months before he became an MP.