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…ZAKARIA MUIGAI GAKIBE CIVIL APPEAL NO. 199 OF 1996 (unreported) where, in a suit for specific performance of an alleged contract to purchase land, an application for extension of time within which an application for consent…

…In my view, that decision is clearly distinguishable from the facts obtaining in the present case.Here, an application for an injunction had been made to the learned Judge and he held "the application for injunction based…

…Together with the application, they lodged an application under a certificate of urgency for an injunction to restrain the defendants from interfering with the suit property or levying any distress thereon.…

…He therefore says that they and not he should bear the costs of the application.…

…The Respondent followed up the payment with an application before court.…

…The Applicant made various applications before this court (Chemitei, J).…

…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.…

…The applicant who was aggrieved by the said order then filed an application to this Court seeking to have the said orders revised.…

…He seeks to challenge the application on a number of grounds as shown in his chamber summons dated 26th of October, 1992. Those grounds are:- 1.…

…Every commentary which has ever been written on this much discussed section has emphasised the need for care and restraint in the application of the section.…

…We reiterate that those passages represent the correct principles in the application of the section. Mr.…