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Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…We were pressed to consider whether the judge has arrived at such a wrong decision that this court should upset the exercise of the unfettered discretion of the judge.…
…Plainly, the judge misapprehended sub-rule (2) of the rule 10 in the exercise of his discretion and as a result reached a wrong conclusion.…
Division and case type: CivilMiscellaneous Civil Application
…Determination The Court is exercising its discretion is guided by the provisions under the proviso of Section 79 (G) of the Civil Procedure Act.…
…I would therefore apply the above principles in exercise of discretion to the prayers applied for by the applicant.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…It is therefore more than a reasonable possibility that if the judge had known of this letter he would have exercised his discretion under section 349 differently.…
…It is perfectly clear, as Mr Metho submitted before us, that an exercise of discretion upon incomplete or mistaken facts could amount to a matter of law upon which a party to an appeal from a subordinate court to the High…
Division and case type: Constitutional and Human RightsConstitutional Petition
…The healthy principle from the stated point of challenging the discretion of the prerogative of mercy as subject for judicial review is as stated by H. W. R. Wade & C. F.…
…unlawful action as a matter of right and to live under the rule of Law, not the rule of discretion.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Interest to be paid on a decretal sum is a matter for the discretion of the trial judge.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…For the p urpose of this sub-rule, any decision extending or refusing to extend time for the lodging of a bill of costs or any exercise by the Registrar of the over -riding discretion given him by paragraph 12 of the Third…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…For the respondents it was urged that an appellate court should be slow to interfere with the exercise of discretion in an interlocutory order in rst instance.…
…It was submitted it could not be said that the Judge’s exercise of discretion is plainly wrong. Mr.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Certainly the cases show that the discretion must be exercised sparingly. The evidence must all be on the record and the new point must not raise disputes of fact.…
Division and case type: Constitutional and Human RightsElection Petition
…consider: did the Appellant provide a sufficient basis for the trial Court to make orders of Scrutiny and Recount "did the denial of an order for Scrutiny compromise the Appellant's case" should this case interfere with the discretion…
…(xi) THAT whereas this Honourable Court has discretion to allow the filing of further affidavits and admit new or additional evidence pursuant to Rule 15 (1) (h) of the Elections (Parliamentary and County Elections) Petitions…
Division and case type: Constitutional and Human RightsElection Petition
…consider: did the Appellant provide a sufficient basis for the trial Court to make orders of Scrutiny and Recount "did the denial of an order for Scrutiny compromise the Appellant's case" should this case interfere with the discretion…
…(xi) THAT whereas this Honourable Court has discretion to allow the filing of further affidavits and admit new or additional evidence pursuant to Rule 15 (1) (h) of the Elections (Parliamentary and County Elections) Petitions…