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Criminal law RLR V.3-2023

PROSECUTION v MAGARA ET AL.

The Supreme Court held that only parties who applied for review due to injustice may seek changes, unless indivisibility is shown; incidental applications were inadmissible.

  • Judgment review
  • Injustice
  • Incidental applications
  • Embezzlement
  • Corruption
  • False documents
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Civil procedure RLR V.3-2020

MUKAGIFUNDU ET.AL v. UWAMARIYA ET.AL

The Supreme Court held that all parties to a judgment challenged for injustice must be summoned, even if not all applied for review through the Ombudsman.

  • Review of judgments
  • Injustice
  • Joinder of parties
  • Jurisdiction
  • Right to be heard
  • Civil-procedure
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Criminal law RLR V.2-2017

PROSECUTION v. UWIRINGIYIMANA_232774_en

The Supreme Court held that keeping a convicted person in prison until a fine is paid is not authorized by Rwandan law and ordered Uwiringiyimana's immediate release.

  • Imprisonment
  • Fine
  • Injustice
  • Execution of sentence
  • Criminal-law
  • Fines
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Administrative law

RLR-V.2- 2014

The Supreme Court held that the Office of Ombudsman is not required to pay court fees when requesting review of a final decision due to injustice, may act on its own initiative for cases referred before the law came into force, and that execution of the judgment does not bar such a request. The objections raised by Karangwa were dismissed as lacking merit, and the case was set to proceed to hearing on the merits.

  • Review of final judgment
  • Injustice
  • Ombudsman powers
  • Court fees
  • Execution of judgment
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