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Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…In the exercise of his discretion to enlarge time on such terms as may seem just to him, the learned single judge disallowed the application.…
…The ground on which the application is based is not substantiated. The application fails and is dismissed with costs.” The aforegoing constitutes the background leading to this reference.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT MACHAKOS MISCELLANEOUS CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 88 OF 1982 BETWEEN PATRICK GATHOGO NJUGUNA............................1ST APPELLANT PAUL MUTURI MWANGI.......................…
Division and case type: CriminalCase number Criminal Application
REPUBLIC OF KENYA Kamau v Republic High Court, at Nairobi August 29, 1985 Owuor J & Schofield J Criminal Appeal No 1236 of 1984 (Appeal from the Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court at Nairobi, J A Mango, Esq) Advocates Appellant present and unrepresented W Nfugi (Miss) (State Counsel) for respondent August 29, 1985, Owuor J & Schofield J delivered the following Judgment. Bernard Mwangi Kamau appeals against his conviction by a learned senior resident magistrate Nairobi on 3 counts of robbery with
Division and case type: FamilyCase number Adoption Cause
…the application and petition. 7.…
…Section 12 of the Land Act and the 2017 have no application to the process being undertaken because not all the land in Mandera township is aected.…
Division and case type: GeneralUnclassified
…REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAKURU CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 121 OF 2004 (From original conviction and sentence in Criminal Case No. 3160 of 2003 of the Principal Magistrate’s Court at NAIVASHA) HOSEA KIBIWOTT…
…The application was not opposed by the prosecution.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…The application came for hearing before Khamoni, J on the 10th April, 1990, and in a reserved ruling delivered on the 17th April, 1990, the learned judge dismissed the application with costs.…
…the application was incompetent.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…An affidavit in support accompanied the application.…
…Costs.This application too was supported by an affidavit. On 21.6.96 Mr. Muendo argued the appellant's application, the first application, while Mrs. Nzei argued the Respondent's application, the second application.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Case
…The application was based on the supporting affidavit of Esther J. Keror filed on 11.11.2013 and the grounds set out in the application as follows: 1.…
…The application is tailored at buying time for the applicant and thus is an abuse of court process. 2.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…Efforts to get the respondent either produce the receipt for paying the court fees has been fruitless hence this application.…
…The respondent opposed the application on the grounds that it is for the court to show that fees was not paid.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…As to the prayer for stay of execution and release of attached property that is to feature alongside a similar prayer in the second application of 13th November, 1995.In this application Mrs. Nzei argued that Mr. F. M.…
…So what is the fate of the applications herein or indeed the whole proceedings in the lower court in P.M.C.C.NO. 303/95? It is not in dispute that Mr.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…As to the prayer for stay of execution and release of attached property that is to feature alongside a similar prayer in the second application of 13th November, 1995.In this application Mrs. Nzei argued that Mr. F. M.…
…So what is the fate of the applications herein or indeed the whole proceedings in the lower court in P.M.C.C.NO. 303/95? It is not in dispute that Mr.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Both applications were heard together with a view to give a composite ruling. Mr.…
…It was not in doubt or disputed that when the Respondents filed their first application to set aside the award on or about 1st April 1998 30 days had long expired after the award was read on 22nd January 1998, The fresh application…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…On the defendant’s application the court ordered the plaintiff on June 7, 1982 to supply the particulars asked for in the prescribed form No 15, Appendix B of the Civil Procedure Rules, within seventy days.…
…The court made the order asked for and the plaintiff’s suit was dismissed even though the particulars had been supplied before the hearing date of the defendant’s application, and notwithstanding also the plaintiff’s offer…
Division and case type: Constitutional and Human RightsPetition
…Even though the defendants were served and an Affidavit of service duly filed, they neither filed any responses nor attended court to oppose the application.…
…The consequence is that the application was thus deemed unopposed and was ordered to be heard in the absence of the Defendants/respondents. 4.…
Division and case type: Constitutional and Human RightsConstitutional Petition
…Even though the defendants were served and an Affidavit of service duly filed, they neither filed any responses nor attended court to oppose the application.…
…The consequence is that the application was thus deemed unopposed and was ordered to be heard in the absence of the Defendants/respondents. 4.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Let it also be borne in mind, what the limits of the application were. Section 28(1) of the Act (cap 22) permits an ex parte application to be made.…
…Sec. 28(2) provides: “(2) Where such an application is made before the commencement of a relevant action, the court shall grant leave in respect of any cause of action to which the application relates; if, but only if, on…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Case
…has an oversight jurisdiction over the exercise of the Attorney General’s power to terminate criminal prosecutions. (6) The Attorney General’s exercise of discretion to terminate proceedings can only be challenged by an application…
…The private prosecutor will be required to first make an application before the High Court challenging the exercise of the Attorney General discretion. (10) The Constitution section 26 (8) guarantees the Independence of the…
Division and case type: CRIMINAL DIVISIONCriminal Appeal
…Accordingly they applied under the priviso to that section for the admission of their respective appeals out of time by applications dated July 19, 1984.…
…Their applications came before Bhandari, J, on the August 23, 1984, on which occasion it was stated that the appellants were absent and unrepresented, and that Mr Metho appeared for the Republic, as he did in this Court.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…Accordingly they applied under the priviso to that section for the admission of their respective appeals out of time by applications dated July 19, 1984.…
…Their applications came before Bhandari, J, on the August 23, 1984, on which occasion it was stated that the appellants were absent and unrepresented, and that Mr Metho appeared for the Republic, as he did in this Court.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…But the question cannot be determined by the application of any rigid rules. Each case must be considered according to its facts.…