Uganda Case Law

Natukunda v St. Peters Senior Secondary School Naalya Limited

Natukunda v St. Peters Senior Secondary School Naalya Limited (Miscellaneous Cause 178 of 2022) [2023] UGHCCD 276 (22 September 2023)

Court

HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Cause 178 of 2022

Judge

Musa Ssekaana, J

The court found that the respondent's decision to indefinitely suspend the applicant was not tainted with procedural impropriety. The applicant was found to have breached school rules by using and distributing cannabis, which warranted immediate action to protect the school community. The court held that fairness is a variable concept and that, in the circumstances, the school was justified in suspending the applicant without a prior hearing due to the seriousness of the allegations and the need for prompt action. The process, including the opportunity for the applicant and her parent to be h…

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• Judicial Review
• Natural Justice
• Student Discipline
• Right To Fair Hearing

Isamat Anor v The Governing Council of Uganada Institute of Allied and Management Sciences-Mulago (Formely Mulago Paramedical Traning Schools (Miscellanous Cause No. 005 of 2013)

Isamat Anor v The Governing Council of Uganada Institute of Allied and Management Sciences-Mulago (Formely Mulago Paramedical Traning Schools (Miscellanous Cause No. 005 of 2013) [2014] UGHCCD 61 (28 April 2014)

Court

HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellanous Cause No. 005 of 2013

The High Court dismissed a judicial review challenge to a governing council’s actions after a student strike, finding the steps rational, lawful, and procedurally fair.

• Judicial Review
• Procedural Impropriety
• Natural Justice
• Student Discipline
• Quasi Judicial Decision
• Institutional Governance