The lawsuit by four high court judges challenging their suspension by President Ian Khama for ‘misbehaviour’ suffered a double blow during the week, when the court of appeal (CoA) and the high court dismissed applications launched to support it. Three High Court judges Leatile Dambe, Singh Walia and Zibani Makhwade on Wednesday refused to recuse themselves from presiding over the suspended judges' case, just days after the CoA threw out an appeal by the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) seeking admission into the lawsuit as 'friends of the court' last Thursday. The suspended judges wanted the presiding judges to recuse themselves alleging that they could have been discussing the case with the Registrar based on the tone of his letter. The suspended judges also complained about the conduct of the panel of judges hearing the case, saying they were harsh against lawyers representing them during previous sessions. The judges dismissed the application, saying it had no factual basis, and that no conflict of interest occurred in the dealings between the Registrar and the applicants when conducting his administrative duties. Another application has been filed with court challenging the authenticity of the court record of previous sessions where the altercation happened,…