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…Although this was not a ground of appeal before this court, nevertheless this court has a duty to invoke its inherent jurisdiction in the matter and prevent any act that may be caused by such irregularity.…

…This is a case in which the court, in my view, have had power to act under its inherent jurisdiction if the specific provisions of Order 9 rule 10 did not apply. (underlining is mine).…

…assume in this case that he did, but in future it must be carefully borne in mind by judges that without a valid direction or authority of the kind we have indicated the hearing of an appeal by one judge may well be without jurisdiction…

…The reduction of the amount of which the appellant is convicted would not, however, move us to reduce the sentence even if we had jurisdiction do to so.…

…assume in this case that he did, but in future it must be carefully borne in mind by judges that without a valid direction or authority of the kind we have indicated the hearing of an appeal by one judge may well be without jurisdiction…

…The reduction of the amount of which the appellant is convicted would not, however, move us to reduce the sentence even if we had jurisdiction do to so.…

…The applicant was aggrieved by the decision of the trial court and sought to invoke the jurisdiction of this court to review the said bond terms, which in his view was draconian, punitive and excessive.…

…Ours is merely to say that in all the circumstances, the learned judge erred in summarily rejecting the appeal where he had no jurisdiction to do so, and we do say so.…

…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.…

…Section 382 of the Criminal Procedure Code states: “Subject to the provisions herein before contained, no finding, sentence or order passed by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be reversed on appeal or revision on account…

…reminder to magistrates that it is the primary duty of a magistrate to satisfy himself that the section of the Penal Code, and I should add to that any other law, under which an accused is charged is correct before assuming jurisdiction…

…The court stated as follows: “We cannot but emphasize the importance of precise claims in due process, substantive justice, and the exercise of jurisdiction by a court.…

…In essence, due process, substantive justice and the exercise of jurisdiction are a function of precise legal and factual claims. However, we also note that precision is not coterminous with exactitude.…

…It may be, as the judge said, that the order was the logical result of the magistrate’s findings but this in our view did not give him jurisdiction to make the order.…

…explained in Amin Rasheed Shipping v Kuwait Insurance Co [1983] 1 All ER 873, Lord Wright’s observations were: “It is clear that the Court of Appeal should not interfere with the discretion of a judge acting within his jurisdiction…

…THAT the said parcel of land is situated in E Wanga location within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court. 9. THAT I pray this honourable Court for orders as stated in paragraphs 5 and 6. 10.…

…The Lurambi African Court which heard the dispute between the 1st and 2nd respondents had jurisdiction to hear and determine land dispute. The issue before the court at the time was the ownership of the land.…

…Dr Shabbir Ahmed is of course, himself physically, beyond the reach, or jurisdiction, of this court, but he has submitted to it through his advocates whose address is his address for service.…