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…The applicant filed a sham defence which was struck out and judgment entered in favour of the respondent.…

…The applicants original appeal NO. 80 of 1996 was struck out by this Court on 10th April, 1997 for the reason that the notice of appeal contained therein was unsigned by or on behalf of the applicants as is required by rule…

…The applicant's original appeal had been struck out for being incompetent in that the date shown on the extracted decree as the date of the judgment, differed from that shown in the record of appeal as the date of judgment…

…When the appeal came for hearing in the superior court, Mr Chunga raised a preliminary objection based on section 348 of the Criminal Procedure Code, that the appeal against conviction was incompetent and should be struck…

…out.…

…The latter had ruled on 12th September, 1986 that the defence of the Defendant Corporation, the Kenya Film Corporation Limited, must be struck out as showing no cause of defence and for being vexatious (inter alia), under…

…But on 27th October, 1988 this Court ruled that the Notice of cross-appeal must be struck out because it sought to question the judgment of Mr Justice J.S. Patel after so much time had lapsed.…

…Justice Rauf struck out the plaint in the superior court whilst holding that the plaint did not set out important averments relating to alleged inducing of breach of contract.…

…The appeal filed against the ruling of the learned judge ordering dismissal of the suit but deferring such dismissal until the application for amendment was heard has already been struck out as that appeal was filed without…

…Unfortunately, that appeal was struck out by this Court on 15th February, 1996, as the record of appeal did not contain a certified copy of the order appealed against.…

…We hold that the appeal is incompetent and is struck out. Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 24th day of November , 1988 J.O. NYARANGI ........................................ JUDGE OF APPEAL H.G.…

…In one party to a litigation does not take steps to prosecute its case, it is open to the other party to take steps to have those proceedings struck out.…

…2 and all other enabling provisions of the Civil Procedure Rules and Sections 4, 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the Limitation of Actions Act (cap 22) that the plaintiff’s (respondent) suit against the Defendants (Appellants) be struck…

…out.…

…When the appeal came up for hearing on the 13th day of November, 1997, this time with the supplementary record, the court struck the same out as the appeal was not filed in time as extended by Muli J.A; it was not possible…

…Even this application was filed within two days after the appeal was struck out. I see no tardiness on the part of the applicant. Counsel erred genuinely as I have pointed out. The authorities cited by Dr.…

…And as no service was effected, and no application was made to dispense with service on Karugu Contractors, we grant the application and order that Civil Appeal No.62 of 1993, be and is hereby struck out with no order as…

…The superior court (Commissioner Gacheche) struck out the plaint and entered summary judgment against the applicant in the sum of Shs. 11,800,000/-.…

…Mr Justice Porter struck out the summons on May 3, 1984 because it had not been filed in any suit and therefore he held he had no jurisdiction.…

…The Law Society, in turn, filed a notice of appeal in that action which has, I think, been struck out though it is easy to lose one’s way in the morass of litigation between the parties.…

…For these reasons we order the appeal to be struck out as incompetent, with costs. Dated and Delivered at Nairobi this 19th day of October 1983. C.B.MADAN .....................................…

…The appeal before us is incompetent as having been filed without any legal basis and we accordingly order that it be and is hereby struck out. Those shall be the orders of this Court.…

…It is struck out with no orders as to costs. Orders accordingly. Dated and delivered at Nakuru this 28th day of August 1995 D.M RIMITA JUDGE…

…At the commencement of the trial on 12th August, 1992, counsel for the appellant raised a preliminary objection and asked for the suit to be struck out on the ground that it had been prematurely brought without the dispute…

…Yogesh Somaia’s affidavit in support of the respondent’s application for summary judgment offended against rules 3(1) and 6 of order XVIII and should have been struck out but the appellant’s advocate took this point too late…

…He further stated that the plaint did not disclose any cause of action, although he does not appear to have applied for the same to be struck out under order VI rule 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules.…