[2024] KEHC 8578 (KLR)
The court found that the applicant failed to demonstrate urgency, as the delay was due to lack of updates from his advocates, which is not a valid ground for urgency. Nevertheless, the court exercised its discretion to grant an interim injunction restraining the respondents from entering, constructing, selling,...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 8578 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Alfred Ojiambo Juma; Respondent: Betty Adhiambo Adera; Respondent: Standard Chartered Bank Ltd
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Miscellaneous Case E277 of 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Interim Injunction Application
- Outcome
- Interim injunction granted conditionally; directions issued for further conduct of the application.
- Judges
- MS Shariff
- Legal Topics
- Interim Injunctions, Land Disputes, Urgent Applications
- Source Language
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Parties
Alfred Ojiambo Juma
Applicant
Betty Adhiambo Adera
Respondent
Standard Chartered Bank Ltd
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Interim Injunction Application
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant has demonstrated sufficient urgency to warrant certification of the application as urgent.
- 2 Whether the applicant is entitled to an interim injunction restraining the respondents from dealing with land parcel No. Kisumu/Korando/4574 pending inter partes hearing.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicant failed to demonstrate urgency, as the delay was due to lack of updates from his advocates, which is not a valid ground for urgency. Nevertheless, the court exercised its discretion to grant an interim injunction restraining the respondents from entering, constructing, selling, disposing, transferring, or erecting on land parcel No. Kisumu/Korando/4574 pending the inter partes hearing of the application. The grant of the interim injunction was made conditional upon the applicant depositing a bank guarantee of Kshs.2,000,000 in court within 30 days, failing which the interim orders would lapse. The court also issued directions for service, filing of...
Court Disposition
Interim injunction granted conditionally; directions issued for further conduct of the application.
Orders
- An interim injunction is issued restraining the respondents, their servants, agents, or anyone acting on their behalf from entering, constructing, building, selling, disposing, transferring, or erecting on land parcel No. Kisumu/Korando/4574 pending inter partes hearing.
- The applicant shall deposit a bank guarantee of Kshs.2,000,000 in court within 30 days from the date of the ruling, failing which the interim orders will lapse.
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Juma v Adera & another (Miscellaneous Case E277 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 8578 (KLR) (15 July 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 8578 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Miscellaneous Case E277 of 2024
MS Shariff, J
July 15, 2024
(IN CHAMBERS)
Between
Alfred Ojiambo Juma
Plaintiff
and
Betty Adhiambo Adera
1st Defendant
Standard Chartered Bank Ltd
2nd Defendant
Ruling
1. I have considered the Applicant’s notice of motion dated 11. 7.2024, the supporting affidavit sworn by Alfred Ojiambo Juma on even date and I note that the impugned judgment was delivered on 30. 5.2024 wherefore there is no urgency demonstrated given that the failure by the Applicant to get timely updates from his advocates is not a ground upon which this court can certify the application as urgent.
2. The above finding notwithstanding I will grant the Applicant prayer no. 6 and I order that an interim injunction to issue restraining the Respondents either by themselves, their servants and or agents or anyone whomsoever claiming title, deriving authority or acting on their behalf from entering, constructing, building, selling or disposing, transferring, erecting on the land parcel No. Kisumu/Korando/4574 pending the hearing of this application inter partes.
3. The Applicant is directed to deposit a bank guarantee of Kshs.2,000,000 in court within 30 days from the date hereof failure to which the interim orders will automatically lapse.
4. The Applicant is directed to serve this application within 2 days from the date hereof.
5. The Respondents are directed to file their responses within 10 days from the date hereof.
6. The Applicant is granted leave to file a supplementary affidavit if need be simultaneously with his submissions within 18 days from the date hereof and the Respondents to file their respective submissions within 26 days from the date hereof.
7. Mention on 15. 8.2024 before the duty court to confirm compliance and take a mention date before High Court No. 1.
DELIVERED, DATED AND SIGNED THIS 15TH DAY OF JULY, 2024. M. S. SHARIFFJUDGE