The Applicant has moved the court by way of a Chamber Summons dated 24th May 2023 under Order 53 Rule 1, 2 and 4 of the Civil Procedure Rules 2010 and all other enabling provisions of the law for leave to institute judicial review proceedings and that the said leave do operate as a stay.
The Application is supported by a Verifying Affidavit of the Applicant and the Statutory Statement of even date.
Upon perusing the said Application alongside the statutory documents aforementioned and the annexures thereto, I am satisfied that the Application raises an urgent arguable case that should be heard and determined on merit.
Having been satisfied as such and in exercise of my discretion under Order 53 of the Civil Procedure Rules, I do hereby issue the following directions:
1. The Application date 24.5.2023 is hereby certified as urgent.
2. Leave is hereby granted in terms of prayer II and III of the Application.
3. The leave shall operate as a stay in line with prayer IV and V of the Application.
4. The Applicant shall file and serve the substantive Motion within 14 days of today’s date.
5. The Application shall be heard by way of written submissions.
6. The Respondents and the interested parties shall file and serve their responses if any to the application within 14 days of service.
7. The Applicant shall thereafter file and serve its submissions within 7 days of service.
8. The Respondent and the interested parties shall thereafter file and serve their submissions within 7 days of service.
9. The submissions shall be limited to 10 pages each.
10. The matter shall be mentioned on 11.9.2023 to update the court on the compliance status and for further directions.