R. v. Sharma, [1991] 3 SCR 119

R. v. Sharma, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 119

Sneb Lata Sharma                                                                             Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent

and

The Attorney General of Canada                                                     Intervener

Indexed as:  R. v. Sharma

File No.:  21993.

1991:  October 1.

Present:  Lamer C.J. and La Forest, Sopinka, Gonthier, McLachlin, Stevenson and Iacobucci JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for ontario

                   Courts ‑‑ Jurisdiction ‑‑ Unreasonable delay ‑‑ Proceedings stayed ‑‑ Appeal court without jurisdiction to entertain Crown appeal.

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal allowing an appeal from and setting aside the order staying proceedings by White Prov. Ct. J.

                   Irwin Koziebrocki and  David E. Buckman, for the appellant.

                   Murray D. Segal and Kenneth L. Campbell, for the respondent.

                   S. R. Fainstein, Q.C., and R. J. Frater, for the intervener.

//Lamer C.J.//

                   The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

                   Lamer C.J. -- In the appeal R. v. Sharma, on consent of both parties, and given the fact that the Ontario Court of Appeal was without jurisdiction to entertain the Crown appeal to that court, we allow the appeal, quash the order of the Court of Appeal, and restore the stay entered by the trial judge.

                   Judgment accordingly.

                   Solicitor for the appellant:  Irwin Koziebrocki, Toronto.

                   Solicitor for the respondent:  The Attorney General for Ontario, Toronto.

                   Solicitor for the intervener:  John C. Tait, Ottawa.