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The application was brought under the wrong provision as the applicant failed to allege or prove that the defendant was about to dispose of or remove property to obstruct or delay execution, which is a mandatory requirement under Order 36 rule 6 Civil Procedure Code.
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- Citation
- N
- Parties
- Plaintiff: Mohamed Hassan Mahamood; Defendant: LFRI (T) Ltd; Defendant: Capt. Nuurto Despo
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 1 January 1986
- Procedural Posture
- Civil / Interlocutory Application Ruling
- Outcome
- Application dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Security for Production of Property, Attachment Before Judgment, Jurisdictional Requirements for Security
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Mohamed Hassan Mahamood
Plaintiff
LFRI (T) Ltd
Defendant
Capt. Nuurto Despo
Defendant
Procedural Posture
Civil / Interlocutory Application Ruling
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the application under Order 36 rule 6 Civil Procedure Code for security or deposit is maintainable in the absence of allegations that the defendant intends to obstruct or delay execution by disposing of or removing property
Ratio Decidendi
The application was brought under the wrong provision as the applicant failed to allege or prove that the defendant was about to dispose of or remove property to obstruct or delay execution, which is a mandatory requirement under Order 36 rule 6 Civil Procedure Code.
Court Disposition
Application dismissed
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!1I G}i CJOUHT OF TJJlfZJJri.:, CIVIL .CASE NO. 162 OF 1986 MOH/1.MED H!i.SSiJif MAHI:.1OOD ••• • • •••••••••••.•••• PLAINTIFF versus 1. LFRI i'.:.L ( T) LTD) 2. c1lPT. Nuuzro .DESJ?o 1.r1 ~o ••••••••••••••••• DEFENDANT RULilTG Ki,ZII.IQTO, J • '.I.1110 applicm1t h - 3 n2.dc nn application under Order 6 36 rule/o:i:' the Civil rrocedure Code for cm order directing the second clc:fcado.11t ·to ucposi t into cou1°t the principal auount, costs und interest cl:.:,iuecl in the plaint or n1 ter- nntively to deposit into court his current va;I.:id pnssport pending the fin2.l diEpo:::i tion of the suit. '.i'he grounds ·for the npplicr:.tion ;:•_;.-e: contt\ir:.cd in the m:fidavit. In the nffidnvi t the n)/lic2n"t ~:: :·: ok1tod tho.t the second respondent is n foreir:nerj ".:l10.t despite diligent offorto ·fo r::.ocertain if ·'·:... socond respondent has any innovable property iri Tanzania, it would appear that the second respondent own no such property, that taking into account.the lcrge anount of the cl::iin the court sl:ould grcmt the orders prayed for. foo.rned Counsel fer the respondent has s~bnitted aoong o thc~r things tho. t Order 36 rule 6 Civil Procedure Code does not o.pply in this c..--·c:c. He argued that the rule denls with nttncr. nc11t of pr·.:i;ibr:.y ~---::fore Judgei.J.ent. He argued furthe:1.1 that the applicc.nt i.s ~:;1:;:ilying in effect for security and as such the o.p)lico.tion ur.('.er Order 36 rule 6 Civil Procedure Co<le is ir.coupctcnt a_,L shouLi. be rcjectede I ngree with lenrne<l counsel for the respondent that Order 36 rule 6 Civil Procedure Code~qenls ~~th security for production of property. It spells the circunstnnces under whiclf,, the court can be justified to invoke -rule 6. First the applicanj, nust show in his nfficlnvi t tlmt the defendant ni tl:. intent to obstruct oi' c'olc.;y the execution of any decree is about to dispose! . "-•1 his property or is about to renove his._ property frou the jurisdi:-\ ,·' otion of the court then and only then with the court require JI:" the defenqant to furnish security, Ip this r.:.pplication the appl~i- cnnt did not· nllec;e in his nffidnvi t that the respondent has obstructed the course of justice, nor did he allege that the ,, ·•s respondent is o.oo:.1t to dispose his property. In:fnct according to the nfficlo.vi t the respondent has no p:r;,operty in Tanzania. As ' such it wo.s c~eo.rly Y.'rong to have broughi! this application under Order 36 rule 6 Civil Procedure Code. The application is clearly