maruna tumbo tumbo another vs medard girion 2005 tzhc 196 13 september 2005
Application for revision is incompetent as Order IX rule 13 of Civil Procedure Code provides an adequate remedy for setting aside ex parte judgment; applicants failed to demonstrate inadequacy of that remedy.
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- Citation
- maruna tumbo tumbo another vs medard girion 2005 tzhc 196 13 september 2005
- Parties
- Applicant: Maruna Tumbo Tumbo; Applicant: Maria Magomba; Respondent: Medard Girion
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 13 September 2005
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Revision / Ruling
- Outcome
- application struck out with costs
- Legal Topics
- Revision, Ex Parte Judgment, Setting Aside Judgment, Procedural Remedies
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Maruna Tumbo Tumbo
Applicant
Maria Magomba
Applicant
Medard Girion
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Revision / Ruling
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether revision is a proper remedy against an ex parte judgment under Civil Procedure Code
- 2 Whether applicants should have proceeded under Order IX rule 13 instead of revision
Ratio Decidendi
Application for revision is incompetent as Order IX rule 13 of Civil Procedure Code provides an adequate remedy for setting aside ex parte judgment; applicants failed to demonstrate inadequacy of that remedy.
Court Disposition
application struck out with costs
Orders
- application for revision struck out
- costs awarded to respondent
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA AT PAR ES SALAAM CIVIL REVISION NO. 89 OF 2002 1. MARUNA TUMBO TUMBO ) 2. MARIA MAGOMBA ) APPLICANTS VERSUS MEDARD GIRION ............................... RESPONDENT RULING ORIYO. J. In Morogoro District Court Civil Case No. 61 of 2000, the respondent, Medard Girion, had filed a suit against the applicants for damages. The applicants defaulted and an exparte judgment was entered for the respondent on 2/10/2000. Dissatisfied the applicants have filed an application for Revision of the trial courts proceedings on account of a number of irregularities and prays that the trial court be directed to hear the case interpartes. At the hearing, the applicants were represented by M/S United Law Chambers and the respondents were represented by S.A. Massati and Co. Advocates. The respondent, opposed the application for revision and stated that the legal remedy for the applicants was not an application for revision but by way of an application under Order IX rule 13, of the Civil Procedure Code, to set aside such order and to restore the suit. In response to the respondent's contention, the applicants countered that revision is another avenue open to the applicant for remedy because there was an error material to the merits of the case, pursuant to the provisions of Section 44 (1) (b) of the Magistrates Courts Act, 1984. The exparte judgment against the applicants was entered interms of Order IX rule 6 of the Civil Procedure Code. A remedy to set aside such exparte judgment is provided for under Order IX rule 13 of the Civil Procedure Code, as was correctly stated by the respondent and conceded by the applicants. Despite conceding that rule 13 above was an appropriate remedy; the applicants do not state their reasons for preferring revision to the direct route under rule 13. I expected the applicants to state if the remedy under rule 13 is inadequate. Even if the applicants were time barred to bring the application under rule 13; they could have applied for the enlargement of time, upon sufficient cause being shown; e.g. as pastoralists they move around with their animals in search of pasture, etc. 2 All in all; and for the reasons I have given above, the application for revision is incompetently before this court. Accordingly it is struck out with costs. K.K. Oriyo JUDGE 13/9/2005 394 words 3