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…APPLICANT AND DIAMOND TRUST BANK (K) LTD .........................RESPONDENT (An application for stay of execution in an intended appeal from a judgment and decree of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Khamoni J) dated 2nd…

…NO. 44 OF 1998) ************** RULING OF THE COURT The applicant seeks the exercise of our discretionary jurisdiction under rule 5 (2) (b) of the Rules of this Court and order a stay of execution of the decree of the superior…

…It is clear that the marriage between the parties was voidable because it exists until the court pronounces a decree of nullity at the instigation of the Petitioner.…

…Under Section 14 (1) (e) of the Matrimonial Causes Act, a decree of nullity of marriage can be made if it is proved that consent of the Petitioner was obtained by force or fraud.…

…However, no further information about the progress of the case is available because it is evident from counsel’s submissions that the High Court file has been lost, and we are also informed that the decree, a vital document…

…It is true that the blame for the loss of the file cannot be attributed to the respondent, but he could at least have ensured that the decree was extracted and cooperated in the reconstruction of the file.…

…MUNGAI..............................................................................................RESPONDENT (Application for leave to appeal out of time in an intended appeal from the judgment and decree of the High Court…

…I therefore dissolve the marriage the subject of this Petition and direct that Decree Nisi issues forthwith to be made absolute in 3 months. Cost not ordered. Dated this 11th Day of December, 2000. A.I. HAYANGA JUDGE…

…And sub-section 3 (so far as material) says (3) In the case of an application for an order of certiorari to remove any judgment, order, decree, conviction or other proceeding for the purpose of being quashed leave shall not…

…be granted unless application for it is made not later than six months after the date of that judgment order decree conviction or other proceeding or such shorter period as may be prescribed under any written law.…

…thirty days for filing an appeal from a Subordinate Court:- “excluding from such period any time which the lower Court may certify as having been Requisite for the preparation and delivery to the appellant of the copy of the decree…

…It was held that such an extension was not a "decree" within the meaning of section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act.…

…The defendant refused to approve the decree saying it was not a liquidated amount and the registrar had no power to enter judgment in default.…

…I therefore make the following orders: - 1) The marriage solemnized herein between the parties at the Registrar’s office Nairobi on 8/3/1975 be and is hereby ordered to be dissolved. 2) The decree nisi shall issue forthwith…

…the petition under s 108 91) of the English Act (s 103 (1) of Kenya Act – Williams on Bankruptcy 18 th Ed p 48 last paragraph But it is duly the most exceptional circumstances that the court would go behind a judgment (Decree…

…the respondents, as a result of the sale by the Bank, became the owners of, and acquired a valid title to, the land at Kabras/Bukusu/852, the initial action for eviction was brought in respect of Kabras/Bukusu/952 and the decree…

…...............................................3RD RESPONDENT (Application for extension of time for lodging a Notice of Appeal and Memorandum and Record of Appeal in the matter of an intended appeal from the judgment & decree…

…By its judgment and final decree of the superior court (Pall, J) given on 9th January 1998 the learned judge held, inter alia, that Kaplan & Stratton Advocates do pay:- (a) “the plaintiff (ie the first respondent) the costs…

…(c) that no decree of divorce has been made. (d) that the objector is entitled to inherit the estate of the deceased with her children in equal shares with the petitioner herein.…