19930803 TZHC Dar es Salaam
The court has power to grant a temporary injunction where there is a threat of injury or imminent harm, and it is not necessary for the applicant to prove ownership or actual injury at this stage. The arrangement for shared use of the church premises is necessary to prevent confrontation and preserve the status quo...
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- Citation
- 19930803 TZHC Dar es Salaam
- Parties
- Applicant: Registered Trustees of Kanisa la Pentekoste Hijitonya; Respondent: Kanisa la Pentekoste Tanzania
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 3 August 1993
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Application / Interlocutory (application for Temporary Injunction Pending Main Suit)
- Outcome
- temporary injunction granted
- Legal Topics
- Temporary Injunction, Church Property Dispute, Possession, Injunction Against Harassment
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Registered Trustees of Kanisa la Pentekoste Hijitonya
Applicant
Kanisa la Pentekoste Tanzania
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Application / Interlocutory (application for Temporary Injunction Pending Main Suit)
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the court has power to grant a temporary injunction under Order 37 Rule 2 and Section 95 of the Civil Procedure Code
- 2 Whether the applicants have shown sufficient interest in the disputed properties to justify interim relief
- 3 Whether actual injury or only threat of injury is required for injunction
Ratio Decidendi
The court has power to grant a temporary injunction where there is a threat of injury or imminent harm, and it is not necessary for the applicant to prove ownership or actual injury at this stage. The arrangement for shared use of the church premises is necessary to prevent confrontation and preserve the status quo pending the main suit.
Court Disposition
temporary injunction granted
Orders
- Respondents and their agents/followers are restrained from harassing or attacking the applicants and their followers before, during, or after prayer times.
- Applicants to have exclusive use of the church building along Lindi Street on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sunday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Being th0 ~e 0 ister~J trustees 0f 0 ~~niR~ ~- Punte~,~t~ ~0r es oalabmO h U L l l ,G 1 This is ru1 a:,_..,:,_.,licativr, for t~1.1p_orary relief p1,mding the deter- rnination of tb-.: ;.iain su:.to ·1·11.,;: a:i:,1:-licants haVE:l filed tl. suit. against the respvn,.-.cnts s0 .;li:in 0 int.;r alicA., a dt:cl~rc.tion th<",t thr;: defendants, having been \:?X/0111.:, . .~ froi,J th\.:: Kanisa la Pent(;:koste uar es Salaam. have no. riGht ·to cc.:,11tinu& occu:::iyine-; an..:.. usini:,, the chul'Ch 'uu.iloing . at !la.la ~'Jchikichi;1i, ti.1-,, Pc.lst0rs buili..dn!0 at Ilala t 1chikichini, to• 1 g.ether with all fur-nitur1;; in thu cnurch an~ the pastors h..;~, a. well as the church Buildn6 al'--ntS 1inLli btre~t in uar es Salaam, incorpora~in 0 th;:; r;rounu3loor irayer huuf:ie, the upper flu or p.ri.e&tk J."~~>UA< ru::i.2. t.:-U1;..r anr;.;~,i:f:id s4.41: .. r Luilldn~s; t ogethe;:?: with th~ p . . . ~ ~c~~c at hchikicl1L~i, 1-mfiji. The appl.ieants Ars aJ-s.a. seeking, in ~h~ir pl~iht, nn order for vacant possession of th~ saiJ propertie~ ~nEl evict io11 of the uefon1..d.nts/r.,,si,J0nuents from the same an,(.'; ~rrender ·' of all moval.iJ.c propc..r·ty tv tilt: !)laintiffs. Thus in thiCi app]J.c.a.~on '• ;he applicants ar0 seekint_; two thin..:;s. FiTst, they are seeking a temporary injunction tu L~ isEu::~: &':..'-'-inst the <le..fen<lants t..o. .stop them !J'Qm ha.;riassiii:; an(/or ati;acking tr.c plc..intiffs/applican~. and. their toJ.lowers 00:i:'orc 1 ~:.urine or :..:f'Lr : :--&~•,,r time. Beeondl~, tllle applicant ~i-e 9 e~kint; <..1ivision of c..c..y;s ii, t1::, wec:k in which ··the two pc?.rties t.1_iJ,l b1; us;ing th0 hc:us ,_-s u:,.· :i_:JTc.lY'-' .1.· o · ~ir. l.,ukw2.ro, lectrn<~<.. C';1.i.EScl· .:.·,.1 th(. responuents opp'osed the ' f1>p:l.ication 6n th...: s·ruunli th"-t v ...... , ..... r .. 2 of th~ Civil Prooe.du.re ii,~ uoes not ..:,iv,3 pow~r bJ th"' court tc issue the orLlers sought. t is qui t0 true thctt u :x:~.;.i;..I vf tlic! · voJe does not enpow-e,f tpe ~Qi! ;i. Qir5 50 ies~ tcu1,o•"·TY i..n.~'1.n0+::i.::1_,,.,. •.," i ~ 1i.P.:-,1ls ·..iitJ1 1•~1J.it& b:., or ····••12. ,. ..; 2 - J-lgainst hinors ctnC. i-'err.urts cf Ur,suunu hinJ. 11 But ,thi~ · point seems to be a result of c0nfusi0n sine-- :i.n i:1y copy of .the chamb.a.. summons the applicc1tio11 i.:; S!10wn t0 be ;,un1..er 0,,37 ri 2 and S~ 95 of Civil ProceJ.ure CoC;e. 11 ' The othc.:c point raist'C, by hr. Lukw.::ro is that tho .appla.cant~ • have cited th~;Jselv.0s as th-:: ret:istered trustees of ,iKa.nisa )..a Pentekoste .~ijiton;;-c,:.i.:...n wl:ilv t:1c 0r~:-}rB sought refer to ehJt~gh · builuings at r1~1c, hchik~.cl:ir.i u::, __ iinc.i /Jtreet and a paatQ~i f .. house at Hichukwi in h1-1.fiji ·t..i.:trict c;.r.1... the applicants do not ehow how thby acquiTe iilt~r~st in tht' n&Ll€J prcpLrties. J:t s~e1;1s t0 ;_;e thc.t wi.1cth.::x· tl11:: ar,ylicc:.hts hii..ve e.ny in~rest in the nar,i<':1.: ~,1~up0rtic;s vr not is a m.::ttt:r for the_ main suit, and evic.encl:l, if c.:1y, shc:,ll 1Ju lt.;C', at th.., tL.1e of hearin~. ~or present purposes it is not nucessbry tv ,~~vu ownership, an0 the mere fact that the ai?1:lict.11ts :t'C::fvr tc th··us1.17e2 as registere<: t.t'~tees of Kuni.ca la .t!vntckostc l\i:Hvn.yc:;l:,c.... c:. wcuL... not; without mer~, ex- cluL..e the ptJs~ibL:. it;i. Lt ti1,: .. ec½.uirinL intel'est in pl'<ipGrties out- s iue hi j it onic-:-.:.1c .• '.L'he third re,:.son au.vanceC. by hro liukwaro is that ·th~ responclent~ who prerer t0 bv k1wwn as Kanisa la J:'entekoste Tnn2.a'1,ie1., have. never prevented.· tho E~i,1).)licant..:. 01J. ;,..,r;_y or th~i_r fol.lowe'?'s fr-0111 con'-1ucting their pray\:)rs in thG a 1:.,p.lica~1ts I churci.1 c:,.t 1\ijitonyf_\ma or anywhere else. vlith du.0 rusix,ict tc., hr Lukwaro_, the al}plituti~n l.loes not refer to the c~rn.rcil at .. iji.tt.,r.:r.:.1. ..::.., 1 but the Qn@ alobg Lit!di street anu.so this r0ply is rniscGnceiv1::C. as it keeps re.ferrine; to the ehurch not gains th~ s• 1 bjo.::ct matter of tht:: diepute\ In any·case it is not necessary ·th- t actuc:,.l injury should he .suffered before an i~junction can be isc.,ued. It is enough if injuil'f_ i. threatened or imminent. 1''or this rea.s 0n it is not ne~essary for th~ applicant;. to cite a Jat0 or place or llUliib1:::r of victims inju:r~.~ b~fo&-e a tempcl"ary inji.mction can b1:: issuo::i<lo l am min~ful ol' thi, liKE:::-i_y "'arac-t,e anG. loss of pru~ty that w·QUlv. reault fr01n a physical c-c,nfrontatiAA t>:t the two ~ig~ous gr~ps,. 1-1.eccrc1ine;l;r I will issut the. temp~q iuJuncti.Qn sought arw. c~er that th.:: C:t1::ft:nu.ants/respondent.s ~1 th~mselvet5, the agent13- s e ~ s 01' i:Qllou~rs t~ h0r0by rs:strai~~<l £. .Jlar-r~aing and/or a•ti;l£king th~ i)lai11tif fs/ap:plicants an.:: their fQllo-wera.. ~ore, ui.~ing or a:ft~1· 1'rayer tir:1(;'., I fur:t.hur oru.er that the. ~plicants s·hall nave th~ oxclui;;ivv us•. (,f t~1..-.: church ~iluing alon~ Lindi Q,r~tJt Of!. McnC.ay.s 1 v:(:L..fo.:3-..a~rs 1 .~·ridays an<.l. ~nda.r e.ftcrzwons i.e • ,. i r . 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