Kalani v Kaur (Civil Appeal 22 of 1995) [1996] UGSC 25 (9 August 1996)
Court
Supreme Court of Uganda
Case number
Civil Appeal 22 of 1995
Judge
Manyindo, DCJ, Oder, JSC, Tsekooko, JSC
The Supreme Court of Uganda held that a lease had been surrendered before expulsion, so the property was not expropriated and the repossession certificate was cancelled.
Stephen Kalani v Satwant Kaur [1996] UGSC 16 (9 August 1996)
Court
Supreme Court of Uganda
The Supreme Court found that the respondent had surrendered her leasehold interest in the suit property prior to her expulsion from Uganda, as evidenced by the registration of the surrender and the correspondence from the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board certifying its genuineness. The surrender was effective inter parties from 7-7-72, and the subsequent registration, though delayed, did not invalidate the surrender. The respondent had no leasehold interest to declare to the Government, and the property reverted to the mailo owner. Consequently, the Expropriated Properties Act did not…