doris yohana mwakapesa vs emma medics trading ltd 2021 tzhcld 44 10 march 2021
The application was dismissed because the applicant failed to appear and prosecute her case for 15 months, demonstrating lack of interest and disrespect for court orders.
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- Citation
- doris yohana mwakapesa vs emma medics trading ltd 2021 tzhcld 44 10 march 2021
- Parties
- Applicant: Doris Yohana Mwakapesa; Respondent: Emma Medics Trading Limited
- Court
- TANZLII
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 10 March 2021
- Procedural Posture
- Labour Revision / Ruling on Prosecution of Application
- Outcome
- dismissed for want of prosecution
- Legal Topics
- Dismissal for Want of Prosecution, Compliance With Court Orders
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Doris Yohana Mwakapesa
Applicant
Emma Medics Trading Limited
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Labour Revision / Ruling on Prosecution of Application
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant has prosecuted the revision diligently
- 2 Whether the application should be dismissed for want of prosecution
Ratio Decidendi
The application was dismissed because the applicant failed to appear and prosecute her case for 15 months, demonstrating lack of interest and disrespect for court orders.
Court Disposition
dismissed for want of prosecution
Orders
- Revision application number 834/2019 is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Full Case Text
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA LABOUR DIVISION AT DAR ES SALAAM REVISION NO. 834 OF 2019 DORIS YOHANA MWAKAPESA....... APPLICANT VERSUS EMMA MEDICS TRADING LIMITED RULING Date of Last Order: 10/03/2021 Date of Ruling: 10/03/2021 Z. G. Muruke, J, Doris Yohana Mwakapesa^led^esgritferevision on 1st November, 2019. Since filing she has appeared^onwonce. Respondent has been represented most of the timgj Despite/court orders, applicant has shown reluctant to appear and/prosecute her case. Court orders must be respected and compliefl^ffiWn“e compliance not only is a disrespect, but create chaos on eWre^dministration of justice. This cannot be left to continue, r^^fet^pggaring for 15 months, application has turned this court to a^libraryftodjtigant case file. This cannot be accepted anymore. As corrertly su^mted by respondent counsel Alfonce Kubaja, applicant has lost interestJto prosecute her case filed 15 months ago. Thus, revision application number 834/2019 is dismissed for want of prosecutions. Z.G.Muruke JUDGE 10/03/2021 i Ruling delivered in the absence of applicant and in the presence of 2