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Muhindo and Another v Kahindo (Miscellaneous Application 20 of 2023) [2023] UGHCCD 163 (18 May 2023)
The High Court dismissed an application for leave to appeal out of time, finding the applicants had not shown sufficient cause for an inordinate and unexplained delay.
Sensonga Muwange Magoya v Nabwami & 6 Ors (Miscellaneous Application No. 1618 of 2019) [2020] UGHCLD 28 (11 November 2020)
The High Court granted the applicant leave to appeal, holding that the draft appeal showed arguable grounds and issues deserving serious judicial consideration.
Kawaga and Others v Ziwa & Sons Property Consultants Limited (Civil Revision 4 of 2018) [2018] UGHCCD 218 (25 May 2018)
The High Court considered whether a Grade One Magistrate had jurisdiction over a land trespass dispute and dismissed the revision application with costs.
Munobwa v Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (Misc. Application No. 221 of 2011) [2014] UGHCCD 80 (12 June 2014)
The High Court struck out an application for stay of execution, holding it was incompetent because no valid appeal was pending and leave to appeal had not been obtained.
Tadeo Kakiga v Dida Kabyesiga (HCT-05-CV-CR-0003-2002 ) (HCT-05-CV-CR-0003-2002) [2003] UGHC 93 (14 March 2003)
The Deputy Registrar's dismissal of the suit was based on the premise that no action had been taken for over two years. However, the record showed that the applicant had made an interlocutory application less than two years before the dismissal, which constituted a step in the proceedings. Therefore, the requirements for dismissal under Order 15 Rule 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules were not satisfied. The court held that, despite procedural irregularities in bringing the revision application, substantive justice required that the dismissal be set aside, as courts cannot uphold an illegality. T…
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Uganda v Masaba (Criminal Revision 13 of 1996) [1996] UGHC 38 (27 May 1996)
The High Court set aside a Magistrate Grade III’s dismissal of an aggravated robbery case, holding the magistrate lacked jurisdiction to hear or dismiss it.
Rex v Bamuta (Cr. App. 132/1931.) [1931] EACA 19 (1 January 1931)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa held that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain an appeal from the High Court of Uganda's refusal to issue a writ of habeas corpus in a criminal matter. The Court's appellate jurisdiction is strictly limited by statute to appeals from findings, sentences, or orders made by the High Court in the exercise of its original criminal jurisdiction. Orders made in revision or refusals to grant habeas corpus in criminal matters are not appealable unless expressly provided by law. The Court relied on both local ordinances and persuasive English authorities, concludi…
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