na TZHC Mbeya
- Citation
- na TZHC Mbeya
- Status
- Judgment
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Court
- TZHC
- Decision
- 7 January 2002
- Posture
- Land Appeal / Appeal From District Land and Housing Tribunal Decision
- Language
- English
More details
- Court
- TZHC
- Decision
- 7 January 2002
- Posture
- Land Appeal / Appeal From District Land and Housing Tribunal Decision
- Language
- English
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01
Holding and result
The court found no merit in the grounds of appeal and upheld the Tribunal's decision that the respondent was entitled to vacant possession as the tenancy had expired and sufficient notice was deemed to have been given.
Court disposition
Appeal dismissed
Orders
- Appellant to vacate the premises
- Costs awarded to the respondent
02
Material facts
Parties
Imtiaz Bandali
Appellant Counsel: Mwckolo AdvocatesMrs. Nasreen Nazim Lalji
Respondent03
Procedural history
Posture
Land Appeal / Appeal From District Land and Housing Tribunal Decision
04
Questions and positions
Legal issues
- 01
Whether the District Land and Housing Tribunal erred in law and fact in granting vacant possession to the respondent
- 02
Whether proper notice was given to the appellant before termination of tenancy
- 03
Whether the Tribunal properly analyzed the evidence
Party arguments
- Applicant
- The appellant argued that the Tribunal failed to address the issues it framed, disregarded the lack of proper notice, and failed to properly analyze the evidence, leading to a wrong conclusion.
- Respondent
- The respondent maintained that she was the owner of the property, had entered into a two-year tenancy agreement with the appellant, and was entitled to vacant possession after the expiry of the tenancy.
05
Court’s reasoning
Legal principles
- 01
General principles of tenancy law
A landlord is entitled to vacant possession upon expiry of a fixed-term tenancy, provided proper notice is given.
06
Ratio, limits and disposition
Ratio decidendi
The court found no merit in the grounds of appeal and upheld the Tribunal's decision that the respondent was entitled to vacant possession as the tenancy had expired and sufficient notice was deemed to have been given.
Court disposition
Appeal dismissed
- Appellant to vacate the premises
- Costs awarded to the respondent
Source and reliance status
TZHC · 7 January 2002
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TZHC
Judgment· 7 January 2002
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA (LANb DIVISION)
AT MBEYA LAND APPEAL NO. 3 OF 2005 (From the Decision of the bistrict Land and Housing Tribunal of Mbeya in Application no 19 of 2005 IMTIAZ BANbALI ..................................................................APPELLANT versus MRS. NASREEN NAZIM LALJI .............................. . RESPONbENT JUbGMENT Before E. A. Kileo, J. Mr. Nasreen Nazim Lalji who is the respondent in this case is the Owner of property situated On plot no 2 Block 'D' Lupaway Street, Uhiridini area in the Municipality of Mbeya.. A tenancy agreement between her and the appellant was entered into on 7th January 2002. The tenancy was for a term of two years. The respondent won in an application that she filed in the District Land and Housing Tribunal for vacant possession against the present appellant. p ) Being aggrieved by the decision of the Tribunal the appellant, who has the legal services of Mwckolo Advocates, has come to this court. His memorandum of appeal contains four grounds of appeal: That the Trial bistrict Land and Housing Tribunal erred both in points of Low when it when it failed to direct mind to the issues framed by it when making the decision. That the trial bistrict Land and Housing Tribunal erred in Law and Facts when it disregarded that there was no proper notice and the respondent was 30th April. And instead went on receiving rent up to Ordered that the Appellant should vacate the premises as the period from 1/5/2005 to the day of judgment was a sufficient notice to the Applicant. That the trial bistrict Land and Housing Tribunal erred both in poinl,s of Fact and Law failed to analyse properly the evidence which was before it and hence it reached to a wrong conclusion. 2
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