19890612 TZHC Dar es Salaam

i, •• • '·;of •.i.n!!i· :JJ:J:1:n.t 1.HJ,.._ __ ,._ . ':'; •-= ~ TIJI.ti. . ll.T DhR ~ SWi.iu-1 ·. CIVIL Cf.SE NO. 229 OF 1987 versus tIDUlfGO Fll.BN. - ~ LTD ........- ... 4 ..................... • • • .DEFENnt.N1!. RU· LIU G MTEN'G!.i.., -T~ In this suit, the plaintiff' Mr• J obn Cleo.ant a. soO'Ul.1i V guard with ''bungo Farm IDplitlents Ltd.tt is suing his employer "Ubungo Fnrn Iopl;i.ments Ltd" ola.Sn.i:ng for n. total sum of shs.2009()00/--:- i.e• aha. ~ooo./- as dame.gas for dof'az:iation and ahs.100,000/"'."' as oompensa.tion f'or diBLlising the pl~titt 1 s prospoots of eoploynent and oansi:ng hio - and his·f~~ hc.rdahip fro□ the defendnnt oompaizy-• Before st~..rting hearing the suit, ·Mr• Mkatte le~ed oaunsol for the defendnnt oonpany raised -3. proli.min.ary point argu:L"lg that tho BUit sho-uld be ins-t:i:btrted in_ tho C(>urt of the lowest'• ~ado oonpetent to .tr.r .,it -though tho lli.@.l Court 0r.~C('"'s ~.IDl.ioitod. jurisdioti.on. in oivil a.s well a.s in Crjoina.J 9c:i,scs as provi ~.ed uric1:er seotion 2( 1) of' tho "J'Udioature . ~ and Application of Lavrn Ordiu :nee"' Cap.453 of tho la.we. Mr. Mk..1.tte le2.J."lled oou..-it·, ,1 for t..1-ie dof'endant oompauy subni tted that ' ' every suit .shall be institute<l in the court of the low~ grad.a oompetant to tty it and for this propoc:,.ti0n _he referred mo to seotion 13 C.P.Ce . Ile f'urtb.or. submitted that 0, d.\ 3tr:iot oou:rt when presided by a Civil Magistrate. can try a. civil ca.so where th:c subject matter is capable of being estimatad,_ a.t a r.:ioney val':18 o-f tho value n.ot rorooeding two hundred thousand shillings and he refe~ed me to seotio,; 40(2)(b) of the Magistrates Courts• Aot,1984 Mr• Mk:atte lea:r.nod counsel fer. tho defendant compal'.\Y' oonolud.ed by submitting that in the instcnt_ suit the ',ral.ue of the subjoot rae.tter ola.ici~d is ~s• . 200,000/- as shown in paras \ 3 and 14 of the plaint§ he thus contondod that RM• s Court or c. District Cou.r t presided over by a raagistrato with Civil power· can _hear the oase and ~'.:1der section 13 c.P.c. it is nand.atoey a oourt of the lowest grade oornpeter~ 1, to hear this CA.Bo should ho&' it and under Ord.er 7 rule 10 C.,P.c. this c )Ul't has the power to remit the plaint of the suit to be presented to tho lowest OO'lU't in which the suit should have been institutode In rep:cy- to that Mro Ma]inguinu learned ommsel for the plaintiff admitted that the subjoot ma-t b~ of the suit is of the value of shs.200,!XX}/-- but he ·1s cont.end~.ne that if b.is cliont wins the case, he will be a.warded costs and inta.rGst making tho totaJ. SUil O~;a\!.oad to be sb.a.23of'OOCJ/-. .. However, he prc\VB that if th,:- ~J'Z'-t :t'\1 1.~3 .c:cains~ hiI:l, then he preys that on ratti. tting· tho oase to th.a lowest oourt ; ) f < . . Q ~ ~ to try i t 1 than the oourt should al:lide itself wit 11in- the-ambit of a a o t i o n ~ 2/.... - 2 - I oooplete]y agree with the viows expressed by Mr. Ml'"..atte lem-ned counsel for the defend.ant coop~ the.t u.nder section 13 c.P.c. it is oa.tlda:torr that ovor:, auit ..should-~-in.s:titu.ted in the_ Qouri of··the - ~ ·· :: grade oompeten-b to try it•. It he.a bea;,1 ~onoeded by ~. Malint,"'UI:Itl lea.rn~l . . oo,msel for the plo.intitt that the . subjoo:t. . ~ matter of the sait £or hit? olient is a olcl.o of tho SULl of. shs.2oc;t)OO/~• Tb.is being the position, a Rtij1s. · Court or a Distriot Court pro.sided ovor. by a mtigistrn.te ha~ civil ·jttrisdi- . otion oan hoa:r this oase• I aooo.rcli2lgl3' uphold. Mr. !)k..,ttG I s submissions under seotion 21 -(l)(a) c.P.c. I orde:r.- ·tb.ct .this suit be tranate:i:rod to Xisu.ru Distriot Oou:r.-t for trial by a. IllDeistrate oompetent to heal! it~ Pl,a.intif".t is to bear oosts. (c.G.MTENGA) JUDGE 12/6/1989. "»oliveed· in· obmnbors in 'tho_ prosont of 'both Oounsal this 12th d.ey o£ June, 1989. (C,G~GA.)_" . .TlIDGE. l.2/6/1989. I certify t:.:at it is a t::·ue ancl coi--rect copy of t2'e oric;inal. t 8mlIOR D ~ & f f ~ ;-.