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…This is an application by way of Chamber Summons under the provisions of Section 3A of the Civil Procedure Act, inherent jurisdiction of the court, the Winding Up rules and all enabling provisions of law for orders that the…

…He asserted that jurisdiction is conferred by the Constitution or statues or both and that in the case before the lower court, Shanzu Law Courts had jurisdiction to hear the case.…

…Magolo indicated that they were challenging territorial jurisdiction.…

…The Court, he submitted, has no jurisdiction supervising or pretending to supervise Parliament.…

…Accordingly, the second respondent cannot rely on section 29 of cap 6 aforesaid to oust the jurisdiction of this Court. 20.…

…The Court, he submitted, has no jurisdiction supervising or pretending to supervise Parliament.…

…Accordingly, the second respondent cannot rely on section 29 of cap 6 aforesaid to oust the jurisdiction of this Court. 20.…

…Accordingly, this court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine stale proceedings. 19.…

…The question is, did the Magistrate’s court have the jurisdiction to tax the advocate/client bill of costs? 24. Jurisdiction is everything, without which, a court of law acts in vain.…

…162 (2) of the Constitution (by Act No. 19 of 2011) with exclusive jurisdiction over “the environment and use and occupation of, and title to, land”, the matter of jurisdictional boundaries of the High Court and the Environment…

…Article 165 (3) (b) and 5 (b) of the the Constitution demarcates the High Court's jurisdiction on enforcement of the Bill of Rights and excludes the jurisdiction inrespect of matters falling within the jurisdiction of the…

…That the constitution does not oust the inherent jurisdiction of this court to determine issues when they arise.…

…statutes that tend to fetter the court’s jurisdiction.…

…That the constitution does not oust the inherent jurisdiction of this court to determine issues when they arise.…

…statutes that tend to fetter the court’s jurisdiction.…

…The application was made on the grounds that: · The 1st respondent acted in excess of its jurisdiction in awarding the suit land to the interested party. · The decision of the 1st respondent was ultra vires the mandatory…

…provisions of section 6 of the Land Control Act. · The 1st respondent acted ultra vires its jurisdiction as set out under section 3 (1) of the Land Disputes Tribunal Act. · That the 1st respondent dealt with a matter that…

…It has been said many times by this Court that we have no inherent jurisdiction, and that we can only hear an appeal if the right thereof is conferred by statute.…

…As section 361 is specifically stated not to apply to a decision such as the one appealed from in this case, it follows that we have no jurisdiction to entertain these appeals.…

…The court lacked jurisdiction because judgment had been delivered, the court was functus officio and could not entertain the application especially that the application was for review and the respondent had preferred an appeal…

…The court has carefully considered the application and finds that the court has jurisdiction, despite the applicant’s preferred appeal, to rectify the mistake or incidental error in the judgment as established by the applicant…

…The question is whether the Murang’a Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court had the pecuniary jurisdiction to hear and determine the cause.…

…It is obvious the trial Court had no pecuniary jurisdiction to hear the matter. Consequently the appeal is allowed. The proceedings and the order confirming the grant are set aside.…

…Firstly, section 28 confers upon this court the jurisdiction to extend such responsibility.…

…Secondly the Constitution of Kenya also confers upon this court unlimited original jurisdiction in all matters both of a civil and criminal nature.…

…Being dissatisfied with the outcome of the trial and the entire Judgment of the High Court he filed to the apex court with jurisdiction on criminal appeals.…

…I must say that the petitioner in his petition has not demonstrated that in the president decision on advisory of the committee on prerogative of mercy has acted in excess of jurisdiction, or acted without jurisdiction or…

…He further argued the procedure adopted by applicant is wrong as Section 47 of the Law of Succession is a Section declaring jurisdiction of court and that all applications not provided for by the Rules are brought to court…

…Section 47 of the Law of Succession Act provides:- “ The High Court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any application and determine any dispute under this Act and providence such decrees and make such orders therein as…

…He concluded by submitting that the offence of desertion amounted to a labour dispute and as such the jurisdiction to hear the matter lay with the Employment and Labour Relations Court.…

…This court has no jurisdiction to deal with the so called stay directly with the applicant. His refuge at this juncture lies with the Official Receiver. That is his man.…

…It is urged that jurisdiction to rescind a winding up order is well recognised under the Companies Act. The order can be rescinded if application made promptly and before the order is perfected.…

…The learned judges went through the motions of citing all the cases quoted above and more and rested with the statement of law that the provisions of rule 15 were mandatory and the Court had no jurisdiction to extend the…

…the given circumstances be validly effected personally on the respondents, service of the petition by the petitioner was clearly beyond the stipulated ten days allowed for service under rule 15 which ten days we have no jurisdiction…