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Division and case type: Constitutional and Human RightsConstitutional Petition
…The Supreme Court had occasion to consider the mandatory nature of the death sentence for the offence of murder contrary to Section 203 as punishable under Section 204 of the Penal Code.…
…S. 48 {1927} the Supreme Court held: “A pardon in our days is not a private act of grace from an individual happening to possess power. It is a part of the constitutional scheme.…
Division and case type: Constitutional and Human RightsConstitutional Petition
…The issue of enforcement of Bill of Rights should not be a collateral question in the words of the Supreme Court in ICJ (K) v. A.G. & 2 Others S.C. Cri.…
…Appeal No. 1 of 2012 of 15th November 2012, discussing the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to deal with appeals as of right in respect to a question of interpretation of the Constitution. (6) The Petitioner's…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Case
…Of course, minimum sentences have fallen into disfavour in Kenya, going by the current jurisprudence emanating from the High Court and the Supreme Court.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Case
…In the case of Samuel Kamau Macharia & another v Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd & 2 others [2012] eKLR, the Supreme Court stated thus - “[68A] A Court’s jurisdiction flows from either the Constitution or legislation or both.…