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…(a) The point is now concluded by the decision of the Supreme Court, in Manohur Lal Chopra v Seth Hira Lal (b) wherein it has been held that the Court has powers under s 151 to issue an injunction in cases not falling within…

…The Supreme Court was divided on this.…

…That was, he said, a matter of summary judgment under the English Rules of the Supreme Court. Security was being asked for in that connection. Here judgment had been given the respondent had acquired rights.…

…In England, by order 62 rule 28A of The Rules of The Supreme Court Parliament has provided an exception to the principle that by an award of costs a successful party is only to be indemnified against costs which he has incurred…

…The enforcement of the exclusive jurisdiction clause is shown to be “unreasonable” under the circumstances – per Chief Justice Burger of the United States Supreme Court in The Chaparral [1972] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 315. D.…

…Court Chaparral case (supra).…

…The appeal was filed against three judges of the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago.…

…(see Vinson v The Prior Fibres Consolidated Ltd (1906) W N 209 Supreme Court Practice 1993 Vo P 332 para 18/19/2, and Riches v Director of Public Prosecutions [1973] 2 All ER 935).…

…earlier in Shah Bharmal v Santosh Kumari [1961] EA at p 681, Forbes JA had taken the view that despite the then more restricted discretion given in East Africa than in England by order LVIII rule 15 of the Rules of the Supreme…

…Court, the mistake of a legal adviser could amount to sufficient cause, though in that case there was held to be no mistake but merely inordinate delay, a factor which weighed with the court in Gachau v Karau (supra).…

…earlier in Shah Bharmal v Santosh Kumari [1961] EA at p 681, Forbes JA had taken the view that despite the then more restricted discretion given in East Africa than in England by order LVIII rule 15 of the Rules of the Supreme…

…Court, the mistake of a legal adviser could amount to sufficient cause, though in that case there was held to be no mistake but merely inordinate delay, a factor which weighed with the court in Gachau v Karau (supra).…

…Saldanha (3), Kenya Supreme Court (Mombasa) Civil Case No. 243 of 1953, (unreported), where the scope and general purpose of procedure by way of originating summons were being considered: 'Such procedure is primarily designed…

…Court and practice of the High Court.…

…It was said that, so long as the rules are silent on third-party matters, by that rule the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court with regard to third-party procedure are imported.…

…was stated that “your petitioner has telegraphed to his attorney’s in Cape Town, requesting them to lodge a petition on his behalf….a has at the same time advised them that the usual warrant authorizing proceedings in the Supreme…

…Court has been posted.…

…Examples of this principle are to be found in the case of ex parte injunctions, ex parte orders made for service of proceedings out of the jurisdiction under Order 11 of the Rules of the Supreme Court.…

…There is at the present moment an appeal pending before the Eqyptian Supreme Court in Cairo, where a prominent Islamic academic, who has been declared an apostate for denouncing Hadithi, and his wife, are challenging a “decree…