Uganda Case Law

Faridah Nakazibwe v Attorney General

Faridah Nakazibwe v Attorney General (Constitutional Petition 15 of 2019) [2024] UGCC 28 (11 March 2024)

Court

Constitutional Court of Uganda

Case number

Constitutional Petition 15 of 2019

Judge

Kiryabwire, JCC, Mulyagonja, JCC, Gashirabake, JCC, Eva K. Luswata, JA/JCC, Kihika, JA /JCC

The core issue was whether the Media Council Disciplinary Committee is a subordinate court under the Constitution or an administrative body. The Court found that the Committee, as established by the Press and Journalists Act, lacks the characteristics of a subordinate court: its members are not required to have judicial qualifications, its procedures and remedies are administrative in nature, and its primary function is regulatory rather than judicial. The Court relied on constitutional interpretation and precedent, particularly the Supreme Court's guidance that the classification of courts d…

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• Judicial Review
• Media Regulation
• Administrative Tribunals
• Subordinate Courts
• Constitutional Interpretation

Buchanan v Attorney General

Buchanan v Attorney General (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 266 OF 2019) [2020] UGHCCD 11 (13 March 2020)

Court

HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

Case number

MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 266 OF 2019

Judge

Musa Ssekaana, J

The High Court Civil Division held it had no revisionary jurisdiction over General Court Martial criminal proceedings and dismissed the application with costs.

• Revisionary Jurisdiction
• Military Court Jurisdiction
• Civil Vs Criminal Proceedings
• Subordinate Courts
• Appellate Remedies
• Revisionary-jurisdiction

Kabuba v Muthemba

Kabuba v Muthemba (Civil Appeal No. 37/ 1938) [1938] EACA 170 (1 January 1938)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Civil Appeal No. 37/ 1938

Judge

Lucie-Smith, J. (Kenya)

The court held that a Provincial Commissioner’s decision under the Native Tribunals Ordinance was not a subordinate court order, so no appeal lay under section 65(1).

• Right Of Appeal
• Native Tribunals
• Jurisdiction
• Subordinate Courts
• Right-of-appeal
• Native-tribunals