ndekeja kashinje vs mboje masunga 2020 tzhc 201 28 february 2020
Failure to determine pecuniary jurisdiction is a fundamental irregularity requiring nullification of proceedings and retrial.
- Citation
- ndekeja kashinje vs mboje masunga 2020 tzhc 201 28 february 2020
- Parties
- Appellant: Ndekeja Kashinje; Respondent: Mboje Masunga
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 28 February 2020
- Procedural Posture
- Land Appeal / Second Appeal
- Outcome
- appeal allowed
- Legal Topics
- Pecuniary Jurisdiction, Nullification of Proceedings, Retrial
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Ndekeja Kashinje
Appellant
Mboje Masunga
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Land Appeal / Second Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the trial and appellate tribunals determined their pecuniary jurisdiction before adjudicating the dispute
- 2 Whether the evidence was properly evaluated to declare the lawful owner of the disputed land
Ratio Decidendi
Failure to determine pecuniary jurisdiction is a fundamental irregularity requiring nullification of proceedings and retrial.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- proceedings and decisions of trial and appellate tribunals nullified
- order for retrial before a competent tribunal subject to the Law of Limitation
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