ATTORNEY GENERAL VS KATTY EXTENSION OF TIMEfinal final
Failure to join Attorney General as necessary party in proceedings against a government entity constitutes illegality and jurisdictional defect, amounting to sufficient cause for extension of time to file revision.
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL VS KATTY EXTENSION OF TIMEfinal final
- Parties
- Applicant: Attorney General; 1st Respondent: Lemi Kattys; 2nd Respondent: TPB Bank PCL
- Court
- TANZLII
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 29 October 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Land Application / Ruling on Application for Extension of Time
- Outcome
- application allowed
- Legal Topics
- Extension of Time, Necessary Party, Jurisdiction, Illegality, Right to Be Heard
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Attorney General
Applicant
Lemi Kattys
1st Respondent
TPB Bank PCL
2nd Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Land Application / Ruling on Application for Extension of Time
Legal Issues
- 1 whether sufficient cause exists for extension of time to file revision
- 2 whether failure to join Attorney General as necessary party vitiates proceedings
- 3 whether District Land and Housing Tribunal had jurisdiction
Ratio Decidendi
Failure to join Attorney General as necessary party in proceedings against a government entity constitutes illegality and jurisdictional defect, amounting to sufficient cause for extension of time to file revision.
Court Disposition
application allowed
Orders
- applicant granted extension of time to file revision from decision of Land Application No. 36 of 2019 within 7 days from date of ruling
- no order as to costs
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