permission to do something that is ordinarily forbidden. That is; a permission to do something that is not usually done, allowed, legal or lawful. Therefore, the question is; On what constitutional authority does either the National Assembly or the President of the Court of Appeal stand to grant this “dispensation” to the Honourable, M. B. Idris, JCA to continue to act as a Judge of the Federal High Court after he had ceased to be a judge of the Federal High Court upon his elevation to the Court of Appeal? Pursuant to the FIAT, above reproduced, Hon. M. B. Idris, JSC resumed his sitting in the criminal matter No FHC/ABJ/CR 156/07 Between: Federal Republic of Nigeria vs. Orji Uzo Kalu & ors. On 16th July, 2018 the prosecution sought to amend the charges. The application was vehemently opposed. In his considered ruling delivered on 6