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Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…Perhaps the 1st point to deal with is whether disobedience of a court order amounts to a contempt of court.…
…Section 5 of the Act confers on the High Court and the Court of Appeal. “...........the same power to punish for contempt of court as is for the time being possessed by the High Court of Justice in England ............”…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…It must follow that there was no valid application for contempt of court before the judge.”…
…This notice of motion seeking committal for contempt of this court’s order must fail on this ground also.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…When the appellant did appear on 24th September 1993 the prosecutor made an oral application that he should be convicted for contempt of court because he had failed to pay school fees for his children.…
Division and case type: CriminalCase number Criminal Application
…It was specifically laid down in the sections that this Court shall have the same power to punish for contempt of court as is for the time being possessed by the High Court of Justice of England.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…of court. d) Costs of and incidental to this application be provided for.”…
…of court and is an abuse of the Respondent’s powers.…
Division and case type: Milimani Commercial CourtsCivil Case
…of court orders for 6 months or such a period that will meet the interest of justice for contempt of orders of this court given on 6th March 2000 and that costs be provided for.…
…It is alleged they were breached thereby grieving the defendants who rightly sought leave of court to institute contempt proceedings which leave been upheld by this court in another ruling and it is in place.…
Division and case type: FamilySuccession Cause
…application is in any event defective. iii) Parcel number Kabete/lower/kabete/885 was closed after submission by the deceased in 1991 and the same does not exist the title having been closed. iv) That the applicant is in contempt…
…of this court order issued in HCC 1086 of 1998.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…Thereafter an application for his committal for contempt of court was presented, argued, and disallowed on technical grounds which grounds are not relevant here.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…Thereafter an application for his committal for contempt of court was presented, argued, and disallowed on technical grounds which grounds are not relevant here.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…Thereafter an application for his committal for contempt of court was presented, argued, and disallowed on technical grounds which grounds are not relevant here.…
Division and case type: Environment and LandPetition
…Further that seeking orders of the court on forged titles borders on contempt of court. 18. Counsel cited Giella vs Cassman Brown (supra) for the conditions of grant of a temporary injunction.…
Division and case type: FamilySuccession Cause
…Further that seeking orders of the court on forged titles borders on contempt of court. 18. Counsel cited Giella vs Cassman Brown (supra) for the conditions of grant of a temporary injunction.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…Further that seeking orders of the court on forged titles borders on contempt of court. 18. Counsel cited Giella vs Cassman Brown (supra) for the conditions of grant of a temporary injunction.…
Division and case type: Commercial and TaxInsolvency Cause
…guilty of an offence and the court may, on the application of the official receiver or of any creditor, adjudge him bankrupt and the debtor shall, in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable, be guilty of…
…a contempt of court and may be punished accordingly.”…