19871201 TZHC Dar es Salaam
The existence of a Primary Court order for maintenance in favour of the applicant precludes the High Court from making a duplicate order; the applicant should enforce the Primary Court order.
- Citation
- 19871201 TZHC Dar es Salaam
- Parties
- Applicant: ICTSA SAMDUBE; Respondent: REUBEN MWANKUSYE
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 1 December 1987
- Procedural Posture
- Matrimonial Cause / Ruling on Application for Maintenance Pending Divorce
- Outcome
- Application dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Maintenance, Res Judicata, Divorce Proceedings
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
ICTSA SAMDUBE
Applicant
REUBEN MWANKUSYE
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Matrimonial Cause / Ruling on Application for Maintenance Pending Divorce
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the application for maintenance is barred by res judicata due to prior Primary Court proceedings
- 2 Whether the High Court should grant maintenance when a Primary Court order exists
Ratio Decidendi
The existence of a Primary Court order for maintenance in favour of the applicant precludes the High Court from making a duplicate order; the applicant should enforce the Primary Court order.
Court Disposition
Application dismissed
Orders
- No new maintenance order granted
- Applicant advised to enforce Primary Court order
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