Earlier on Tuesday, Parliament ratified Vusi Pikoli's dismissal but he immediately hit back.
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) voted in favour of a report by a parliamentary committee that approved his dismissal by President Kgalema Motlanthe, days after the National Assembly did so.
Within minutes of the vote, Pikoli moved to challenge the decision in court and ask that he be reinstated as head of the National Prosecuting Authority.
His legal team said they were petitioning the Pretoria High Court to set aside the dismissal on the grounds that it was not rational and violated the constitutional principle of prosecutorial independence and the principles of legality.
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