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…Pursuant to Article 163(7) of the Constitution, the decisions of the Supreme Court (whether in exercise of its original or appellate jurisdiction) are binding on all the other Courts (including this Court) except the Supreme…

…Consequently, and on the binding authority of the Supreme Court in Supreme Court Petition No. 42 of 2018, Bellevue Development Company Ltd v Francis Gikonyo & 3 others [2020] eKLR and reiterated in SC Petition No.…

…As stated by the Supreme Court in Macharia & another v Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd & 2 others [2012] KESC 8 (KLR) [68]A Court’s jurisdiction flows from either the Constitution or legislation or both.…

…That may stem from the optional procedure of a suit for a declaration or an originating summons for a declaration which obtained in England before 1964. order 54A of the Rules of the Supreme Court directly provided for a…

…Reading order 7/1-7/1 of the Supreme Court Practice 1973 at page 58, order 54 A was revoked in 1962 and not replaced.…

…As long ago as November 10, 1933 Lucie-Smith Ag CJ held that the former Supreme Court had inherent power ex debito justitiae to order stay of execution pending an appeal in Olivia Da Ritta Sequeira E Facho & Another v ER…

…seek clarification of any orders on the judgment of the Supreme Court.…

…The 1st respondent denied that it had asked this court to sit on appeal over the Supreme Court’s judgment or interpret what the Supreme Court had said in that judgment.…

…Court is bound by the decision of the Supreme Court.…

…ISSUE No. 2 – WAS THE RESPONDENT’S CAUSE OF ACTION AND/OR CLAIM AN ISSUE IN THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED ON 15TH DECEMBER, 2023?…

…I must admit however, that this court has power to enforce decisions of the Supreme Court.…

…Section 27 of the Supreme Court Act (No 7) of 2011 provides that a judgment, decree, or order of the Supreme Court may be enforced by the High Court as if it had been given or made by the High Court.…

…Chawla informed me, from the Bar, when he addressed me, on 8th May 2025, that there was a petition in Supreme Court Petition No. E0029 of 2023, an application for extension of time in Supreme Court Application No.…

…filings at the Supreme Court have any relevance to what is before the High Court.…

…The petitioner’s case was obviously one of the cases affected by the directive of the Supreme Court and was thus, determined as the Supreme Court had directed.…

…to the proceedings before the Supreme Court.…

…Whether the court should stay the proceedings pending the hearing and determination of the Supreme Court Petition No. E009 of 2024 7.…

…The applicant seeks a stay of these proceedings pending the hearing of the Supreme Court Petition No. E009 of 2024.…

…The matter or dispute is currently before the Supreme Court.…

…The proceedings herein are anchored solely on the pendency of the petition at the Supreme Court. The stay is sought because there is a matter pending at the Supreme Court.…

…On 3rd December 2019, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal.…

…On appeal, the Supreme Court upheld and affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal.…

…The matter or dispute is currently before the Supreme Court.…

…The proceedings herein are anchored solely on the pendency of the petition at the Supreme Court. The stay is sought because there is a matter pending at the Supreme Court.…

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…The applicant urged this court to consider the declaration of the Supreme Court in the case of Francis Karioko Muruatetu & Anor in which the court declared that mandatory sentences were unconstitutional.…

…The Supreme Court held that in doing so, the Court of Appeal ventured outside its mandate and powers. The Supreme Court reinstated the life imprisonment as sentenced by the Magistrates’ Court.…

…considering the contempt application, the Supreme Court appreciated that this was a factual contest and the Supreme Court was limited in what was before it.…

…The Plaintiffs also submits that the Interested Party raised in the Supreme Court the same argument it has raised in the present matter, namely, that granting the injunction orders would circumvent the Supreme Court’s order…

…The Supreme Court re-asserted that the mandate to define the parameters of a life sentence rests solely with Parliament under Articles 51 and 94 of the Constitution. 21.…

…This argument has been systematically rejected by the Supreme Court.…

…Counsel submitted that there was a matter before the Supreme Court, which made the case before the Court below subjudice. 17.…

…The judgment of the appellate Court has not been stayed either by itself or the Supreme Court.…