19970506 TZHC Dar es Salaam
The Minister's failure to provide the applicant with proceedings and an opportunity to respond, and the absence of reasons in the decision, amounted to a violation of natural justice and a misuse of statutory power, rendering the decision invalid.
- Citation
- 19970506 TZHC Dar es Salaam
- Parties
- Applicant: Rajan Industries Ltd; Respondent: The Minister for Labour
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 6 May 1997
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Civil Cause / Ruling on Application for Prerogative Orders (certiorari and Mandamus)
- Outcome
- Application granted
- Legal Topics
- Natural Justice, Right to Be Heard, Judicial Review, Employment Termination, Appellate Procedure
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Rajan Industries Ltd
Applicant
The Minister for Labour
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Civil Cause / Ruling on Application for Prerogative Orders (certiorari and Mandamus)
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the Minister for Labour violated principles of natural justice by deciding the appeal without giving the applicant an opportunity to be heard
- 2 Whether the Minister's decision was invalid for lack of reasons
Ratio Decidendi
The Minister's failure to provide the applicant with proceedings and an opportunity to respond, and the absence of reasons in the decision, amounted to a violation of natural justice and a misuse of statutory power, rendering the decision invalid.
Court Disposition
Application granted
Orders
- Order of certiorari granted; Minister's decision of 3/11/92 quashed
- Minister directed to re-admit the appeal and determine it in accordance with the law
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