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The Supreme Court dismissed a revision application, upheld the prior land judgment, and ordered correction of lease records to match the original allocated plot sizes.
The Supreme Court clarified its prior inheritance ruling, holding that all 30 UPI parcels listed in the land registry report form part of the Ruhabura succession.
The Court of Appeal found the second appeal inadmissible because the appellant had already lost in the lower courts on the same ground: failure to prove the land’s origin.
Digest of Court of Appeal precedents from May to August 2025 covering sentencing, appeals, evidence, retrial, and procedure in criminal and civil cases.
The Supreme Court annulled an auction of Ndererimana Gédéon’s property for failed notice and publication requirements, and ordered compensation for a good-faith purchaser’s improvements.
The Supreme Court annulled a commercial auction for failure to notify the owner and properly publish the notice, ordered restoration of the property, and awarded related compensation.
The Court of Appeal found that Acte de notoriété No 79/86 and similar documents did not meet statutory requirements and thus had no legal value, but this did not affect the outcome because other evidence, including the purchase agreement and consistent testimony of all siblings except the applicant, established that the disputed land (UPI:1/03/02/04/301) belonged to Mukangenzi Clémence and Rukira Isidore, not the parents. The land registration certificate in the parents' names was obtained irregularly and could be set aside. The settlement agreement of 04/05/2024 was binding except for the di…
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The Court of Appeal held that a unilateral application may only be used where there is no dispute, and set aside judgments based on an irregular filing.
The Supreme Court held that a challenge to an auction must be filed as an urgent claim in the court where the auction occurred, and upheld the land registration order.
The Court of Appeal held that Niramire Nkusi’s second appeal was inadmissible because he had lost in both lower courts on the same essential grounds.
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