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…(xxxiii) THAT the Respondent herein relied on hearsay evidence which he was unable to substantiate during the hearing of the Petition and should now not be allowed to re-open his case by fishing for fresh evidence which was…

…and lay a basis in the Petition and the Affidavit evidence filed in support of the Petition.…

…In it he deposed that he was aggrieved by the fact that the court martial had not properly evaluated the evidence on record before preferring the conviction.…

…He submitted that there were gaps left by the evidence on record which meant that his appeal had high chances of success.…

…The minutes of this meeting were attached as evidence. 7.…

…However, no evidence was adduced to prove that a notice had been given prior to the meeting of the 29th of September 2020. 11.…

…The application is based on the fact that no evidence was led in support of the petition as required by law, the hearing of the petition was not advertised as required by law.…

…In certain circumstances verifying affidavit may provide evidence upon which a winding up may be granted.…

…The Respondent conceded in his evidence that since his marriage to the Petitioner, he has never heard sexual intercourse with the Petitioner.…

…She told the Court in her evidence that the Respondent had moved on with his life and that he was married to another woman.…

…He submitted that there was no evidence then or even now challenging the calculations.…

…He stated it is only afterwards that the applicant brought in new evidence and there is no way that one can be allowed to bring in new evidence once case is closed.…

…Magolo referred to the evidence of PW1 who stated in his evidence that the offence occurred at Malaba and that the applicants switched off their phones thereafter.…

…He indicated that in the lower court case, an objection was raised after PW1 adduced evidence. 10.…

…Directions had been previously obtained that the hearing would be by way of viva voce evidence. The two parties were heard in evidence. Both adduced further evidence from one witness each.…

…Sarah had maintained in her evidence that Margarets children attended Meshack’s funeral like any other people.…

…(xxxiii) THAT the Respondent herein relied on hearsay evidence which he was unable to substantiate during the hearing of the Petition and should now not be allowed to re-open his case by fishing for fresh evidence which was…

…and lay a basis in the Petition and the Affidavit evidence filed in support of the Petition.…

…As regards the item “bad debts” I agree with Mr Nowrojee that there being no evidence led on this point the court cannot at this stage be asked to treat them as bad debts.…

…I once again agree with Mr Nowrojee that there is no evidence before court on the manner in which the 2 rooms in question are being used.…

…The debtor struck me as an honest and straightforward witness and as there is no other evidence contradicting of what he swore, I am prepared to accept and do accept his testimony as to his conduct, dealings and property.…

…In the circumstances and in the absencse of any other evidence, I am of opinion that this affairs have been sufficiently investigated within the meaning of subsection10 of Section 17, of the Bankruptcy Act.…

…Further that because the case was prematurely determined at interlocutory stage, the orders sought should be granted to him so that he can adduce evidence in support of his case.…

…The applicant did not however annex evidence of such support. That the rest of the children fall outside the definition of “child” under the Children’s Act.…

…She states in her evidence that respondent’s conduct has caused her a lot of damage and after the visit to the DC’s office they just returned to Angels Bay and did not get intimate – hence there was no consummation.…

…I recognize that parties are bound by their pleadings and I am unable to reconcile how in her evidence petitioner claims to have been tricked into marriage and she didn’t even release they had had a wedding, yet in her pleadings…

…On the affidavit evidence, I am satisfied that the Applicant has made out a prima case that the affairs of the Company are being conducted in a manner oppressive to him.…

…There can be destruction of evidence. I agree with him that it might become difficult to have a fair hearing of the application in the event.…

…The petitioner gave evidence based on his petition to the effect that in the beginning the marriage was okay but from 1982 it deteriorated due to his wife’s excessive drinking and neglecting the home resulting into quarrels…

…The respondent gave her evidence basing it on her answer to petition. She confirmed the number of issues between them. The places of cohabitation and place of marriage.…

…to be taken and the procedure for litigation of constitutional applications by way of Petition supported by affidavits does not permit the use of viva voce evidence, and that therefore the Petition ought to have used the…

…The Chief Justice would give the court power to order that the Petition be heard by viva voce evidence so that the Petition may properly proceed as drawn. (3) Properly understood, Article 159 of the Constitution does not…

…The applicant has tried to introduce additional evidence before us to show that judgment had been entered.…

…But rule 54(2) of the Rules of this Court expressly says that no additional evidence shall be adduced at a full court hearing like the one before us.…

…During the trial in the court below, there was evidence which the learned trial magistrate was entitled to and which said evidence the believed which showed that the applicant had left his motor vehicle in a stationery manner…

…It follows from the affidavit evidence that the applicant could not proceed to file an appeal from a Judgment he was not made aware of its existence.…

…In my view the applicant has discharged the burden on the conditions precedent based on the affidavit evidence to support exercise of discretion in its favour under Order 42 Rule 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules.…