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…The appellant shall be presented before another magistrate of competent jurisdiction for retrial forthwith. Order accordingly Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 21st day of December, 1998. A.MBOGHOLI MSAGHA JUDGE…

…The appellant pleaded that the court had no jurisdiction to try the case but he was overruled by the resident magistrate.…

…In this instant case the 1st defendant society bought Karanjee farm and presumably had jurisdiction to subdivide it and allocate the resultant plots to its members.…

…In his oral submissions before me Mr Masese even argued that the court has no jurisdiction to entertain the claim under the said Act.…

…It was also argued that the court had no jurisdiction to entertain this suit because the alleged sub-tenancy is a controlled tenancy.…

…On this day, the only Respondent who made an appearance is the 1stRespondent, the Attorney General who has led a Notice if Preliminary Objection raising jurisdictional issues. 6. Mr.…

…Under the Constitution of Kenya (Supervisory jurisdiction and Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedom of the Individual) High Court Practice and Procedure Rule, 2006 directions have been given as to the hearing of a…

…In the application before me they have raised the issue of the jurisdiction to entertain both the suit and the application relying on the arbitration clause.…

…This Court has, therefore, the jurisdiction to handle this case. I now turn to the merits of the application. The claim is liquidated.…

…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 appellant be allowed to go out of the jurisdiction of the court. And b.…

…pursuant to his appellate jurisdiction were to be deemed as orders made pursuant to his appellate jurisdiction and a second appeal to the Court of Appeal lay from such orders.…

…Appeal decision in Owners of the Motor Vessel “Lillian S’ -vsCaltex Oil (Kenya) Ltd [1989] KLR, wherein it was held that jurisdiction is everything and that where a court lacks jurisdiction it must down its tool.…

…Bank and 2 Others (2012) eKLR jurisdiction can only be conferred by the Constitution or statute; and that neither the Constitution nor any other law granted the High Court jurisdiction to intervene in the manner sought by…

…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.…

…Although Section 3(2) of the Magistrate’s Court Act confers countrywide jurisdiction to a resident magistrate’s court, in civil cases such jurisdiction is exercised subject to the limitation to the said court’s jurisdiction…

…transfer a suit from a court which is seized of it but has no jurisdiction to determine it to a court vested with jurisdiction.…

…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.…

…Appeal decision in Owners of the Motor Vessel “Lillian S’ -vsCaltex Oil (Kenya) Ltd [1989] KLR, wherein it was held that jurisdiction is everything and that where a court lacks jurisdiction it must down its tool.…

…Bank and 2 Others (2012) eKLR jurisdiction can only be conferred by the Constitution or statute; and that neither the Constitution nor any other law granted the High Court jurisdiction to intervene in the manner sought by…

…STRONG REASON The courts of this country have a discretion to assume jurisdiction over an agreement which is made to be performed in Kenya notwithstanding a clause therein conferring jurisdiction.…

…and Kenindia are already within the jurisdiction.…

…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.…

…This matter raises the question whether the court has jurisdiction to entertain it.…

…We were much pressed by Mr Adala for the respondent to invoke the jurisdiction under rule 1(3) of the rules of this court. We do not consider it necessary to encumber this ruling citation of numerous authorities.…

…He must also demonstrate that this court has jurisdiction to entertain the proceedings. 3.…

…In the Tribunal, he can challenge its jurisdiction.…

…There is no allegation that the respondents’ suit was wrongly filed in the Magistrate’s Court; in other words, it is not alleged that the magistrate has no jurisdiction to try the respondents’ case.…

…counterclaim was “filed” in a Court without jurisdiction and accordingly this Court has no jurisdiction to transfer it.…