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…23.The Court is being invited to exercise its discretion to set aside or vacate its orders made on 2nd July, 2015. I am aware that the discretion to set aside and or vacate Court orders should be exercised judicially.…

…That discretion must be exercised upon reasons and must be exercised judiciously.…

…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.…

…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…

…Whether or not to grant an injunction is in the discretion of the court. The discretion is a free one but must be judicially exercised. It must be based on commonsense and legal principles.…

…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.…

…Moreover, there existed adequate powers under the Rules to extend time appropriately in the discretion of the court.…

…I agree that failure to comply with the said rules is not fatal unless accompanied by some irremediable injustice which so far has not been shown in order that my discretion to set aside or review the order complained of…

…Mr Nagpal was of the view that court has discretion as seen by s.234 which gives general powers to the court to appoint liquidator or liquidators.…

…In Re North Wales Gunpowder case (supra) Lindley J ( who had earlier in Jushua Stubbs case (supra) had held that court had discretion to appoint a liquidator) had this to say consequent upon new Act of 1890:- “The language…

…Moreover, whether or not to declare a debtor bankrupt is in the discretion of the court.…

…to hear and determine questions relating to validity of election of members of the National Assembly, and when a seat in the National Assembly of a member has become vacant and that under S.44 (4) parliament is given a discretion…

…Discretion was exercised by the Respondent in the testing of the Applicant and it would be a futile exercise granting the Applicant leave to bring Judicial Review proceedings.…

…to hear and determine questions relating to validity of election of members of the National Assembly, and when a seat in the National Assembly of a member has become vacant and that under S.44 (4) parliament is given a discretion…

…Discretion was exercised by the Respondent in the testing of the Applicant and it would be a futile exercise granting the Applicant leave to bring Judicial Review proceedings.…

…The High Court shall have power in its discretion by order to enlarge the time xed by sub paragraph (1) or sub paragraph (2) for the taxing of any step; application for such an order may be made by Chamber Summons upon giving…

…The Petitioner is thus disentitled from beneting from the discretion of the court as sought in the application. 4th Respondent’s Replying Adavit 11.…

…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…

…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…