The Constitutional Court case of Du Plessis v De Klerk 1996 (3) SA 850 (CC) laid important principle regarding the direct and indirect application of the Bill of Rights. Choose the incorrect statement:-

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The development of the common law was a constitutional matter and therefore remained within the jurisdiction of the court that had overseen the development of the common law for the past century, which is Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

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The Bill of Rights in the interim Constitution conformed to this traditional model in so far as it had no direct application to disputes between private litigants governed by the common law.

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The court’s conclusion that the Constitution distinguished between direct and indirect application of the Bill of Rights was bolstered by the close fit between this distinction and the ‘two-track jurisdictional scheme of the interim Constitution.

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The court further decided an important jurisdictional issue.

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