kellen rose rwakatare kuntu as legal representative of the late rev dr getrude rwakatare 3 others vs zitha kabuga 2023 tzhclandd 17249 19 december 2023
The court held that the applicants failed to account for each day of delay and did not demonstrate sufficient cause to warrant extension of time to file a notice of appeal out of time.
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- Citation
- kellen rose rwakatare kuntu as legal representative of the late rev dr getrude rwakatare 3 others vs zitha kabuga 2023 tzhclandd 17249 19 december 2023
- Parties
- Applicant: Kellen Rose Rwakatare Kuntu (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare); Applicant: Humprey Kaulila Kenneth Rwakatare (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare); Applicant: Tibe Kenneth Rwakatare (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare); Applicant: Mutta Robert Rwakatare (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare); Respondent: Zmw Kabuga
- Court
- TANZLII
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 19 December 2023
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Land Application / Ruling on Application for Extension of Time to File Notice of Appeal
- Outcome
- Application dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Extension of Time, Notice of Appeal, Technical Delay
- Source Language
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Parties
Kellen Rose Rwakatare Kuntu (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare)
Applicant
Humprey Kaulila Kenneth Rwakatare (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare)
Applicant
Tibe Kenneth Rwakatare (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare)
Applicant
Mutta Robert Rwakatare (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare)
Applicant
Zmw Kabuga
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Land Application / Ruling on Application for Extension of Time to File Notice of Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicants have shown sufficient cause for extension of time to file a notice of appeal out of time
Ratio Decidendi
The court held that the applicants failed to account for each day of delay and did not demonstrate sufficient cause to warrant extension of time to file a notice of appeal out of time.
Court Disposition
Application dismissed
Orders
- Application for extension of time is dismissed
Full Case Text
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA (LAND DIVISION) AT PAR ES SALAAM MISC LAND APPLICATION NO. 644 OF 2023 (Arising from Land Case No. 127 of 2008 dated 23/1/2015) KELLEN ROSE RWAKATARE KUNTU (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare.............................Ist APPLICANT HUMPREY KAULILA KENNETH RWAKATARE (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare........................... 2nd APPLICANT TIBE KENNETH RWAKATARE (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare)................................................... 3rd APPLICANT MUTTA ROBERT RWAKATARE (As legal Representative of the Late Rev. Dr. Getrude Rwakatare).................................................... 4th APPLICANT VERSUS zmw KABUGA.................................................................................... RESPONDENT Gj RULING 04th to 2-Gth December, 2023 E.B. LUVANDA, J The Applicants are asking this Court to extend time for them to lodge a fresh notice of appeal out of time against the judgment and decree in Land Case No. 127/2008 dated 23/01/2015. In the affidavit in support, the Applicants pleaded technical delay in prosecuting Civil Appeal No. 406/2020 CAT which was struck out on 10/08/2022 for being incompetent, challenges in handling Probate and Administration Cause No. 32/2020, culminating into filing of Misc. Civil Application No. 15/2022 by their 1 X? - -/