Education
Called to the Bar of England in 1978, Ajay Daby studied in the United Kingdom and is a member of The Honourable Society of Gray"s Inn, London.
Called to the Bar of England in 1978, Ajay Daby studied in the United Kingdom and is a member of The Honourable Society of Gray"s Inn, London.
He did his secondary schooling at the Royal College of Curepipe. Daby started his legal career as a private legal practitioner before joining the State Law Office as State Prosecutor, but only for a very brief period. Elected Member of Parliament in 1982 in Flacq-Bon Acceuil, Constituency Number 9 at the age of 26, he became the youngest Member of Parliament in the country.
He was further elected as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Mauritius.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament a third time, in Constituency Number 11 (Rose-Belle/Vieux Grand Portuguese) and was called upon to take the post of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly yet again. In 1990, on a question of principle, Mr Daby refused to give the casting vote much needed by the then government to change the status of Mauritius to that of a republic and sever ties with the British Crown.
Besides, Mr Daby, throughout his Speakership, had never used his casting vote. The Master of Science in Management - MMM newly formed coalition not having the required three-quarters majority to expel Mr Daby from his Speakership, went ahead to amend the Constitution to enable the removal of the Speaker by a simple majority.
On 5 December 1990, the Constitution of Mauritius was amended and Mr Daby removed from his Speakership by a simple majority vote.
In 2001, Mr Daby was made Commissionner for Drug Assets Forfeiture under the government of Sir Anerood Jugnauth and later, Paul Bérenger. When the government lost the 2005 elections, Mr Daby resigned from his post. Mr Daby is back to the Bar, and is regularly seen in high-profile cases.
He soon resigned from his post in the Judiciary to join politics. He voiced his dissent with his leader and party on this question, arguing that a motion of such importance could not be presented with a certificate of urgency as part of an overnight political deal between two parties.
