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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 High Court held that the buyer had proved full payment for land sold by an absent seller and ordered mutation of the property in her favor.
The Court of Appeal upheld liability for an unwritten consultancy arrangement, holding that email evidence and related documents proved the agreement and its benefit to Africa New Life Ministries.
The Court of Appeal dismissed Niragire Théogène’s land appeal, holding he failed to prove encroachment and that the land loss was due to wetland boundaries.
The Court of Appeal found the disputed land belonged to the Reberaho heirs, accepted oral and circumstantial evidence after loss of the sale contract, and awarded compensation.
The Supreme Court rejected a revision application in a land inheritance dispute, holding the applicants failed to prove the disputed property came from Rushigajiki.
The Supreme Court held that church marriage records, identity cards, and foreign administrative documents did not prove a legally recognized marriage.
The Supreme Court held that under the 1978 Constitution and applicable civil law, only marriages registered before civil authorities are legally recognized. The evidence presented (church certificate, ID card, documents from Belgium, NIDA records) did not constitute legally valid proof of marriage. The applicant failed to provide a marriage certificate or sufficient witness testimony as required by law. Therefore, the lower court's decision rejecting the claim for a supplementary marriage judgment stands.
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Supreme Court of Rwanda granted a divorce after finding the marriage irreparably broken, and ordered equal division of matrimonial property and allocation of debt.
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