19860925 TZHC Dar es Salaam
No sufficient cause was shown for applicant's non-appearance; court's discretion to set aside ex parte order not exercised.
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- Citation
- 19860925 TZHC Dar es Salaam
- Parties
- Applicant: Tanzania Railway Corporation; Respondent: Chaco Minerals
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 25 September 1986
- Procedural Posture
- Civil / Interlocutory Application to Set Aside Ex Parte Order
- Outcome
- Application to set aside ex parte order rejected; judgment entered for respondent with costs.
- Legal Topics
- Ex Parte Proceedings, Setting Aside Orders, Costs
- Source Language
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Parties
Tanzania Railway Corporation
Applicant
Chaco Minerals
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil / Interlocutory Application to Set Aside Ex Parte Order
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether there was sufficient cause for applicant's non-appearance leading to ex parte order
- 2 Whether the ex parte order should be set aside under Order 9 Rule 7 and Section 95 of the Civil Procedure Code
Ratio Decidendi
No sufficient cause was shown for applicant's non-appearance; court's discretion to set aside ex parte order not exercised.
Court Disposition
Application to set aside ex parte order rejected; judgment entered for respondent with costs.
Orders
- Application dismissed with costs
- Judgment entered for respondent/plaintiff as prayed with costs
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THE UNI TED REPul3LIC O:C1 " T;JTZ. -~ L. :.T IJ;~:1 ES SJ'J.ilM CIVIL CASE NO. 93 OF 1985 TLJJZ.ANI.ll Rt.IJJ/11.Y COnPORt.TION • , ..., u . . • • • ,. 4 • , • PLil. NTIFF versus CHJJCO J'fNERfil.1.B!, 1 • • , , • , , , • • • , • • , • , . • • • • • • a o , IlEFEND..AN"T -TIULHTG ~~WIOTOJ. jJ'. The npplicr-.nt hes, by Ch::iL0or ,JUJJDons, applied unde±- 0, 9 r. 7 nnd section· 95 of tho Civil ::.:'i•ocedurs Code to set ~ido the or<for requirinc the :respom1ent/plni.ntiet to prove his case ex p:irte cmc.1 thc,t the cc:ue ht, hoe:rc1 onn.erits! The appJj.cnnt hus also :-:p:._.;lioc1 for coots; The c:pplicnnti& 'oounsel hc-:s filed un afficlc~-r:;_ t i:i.1. suppoi~t of tho 011)1:ilicn tioni 0.9 r,7 C,P,C, rrovic.1es f'.s follows: J4.I/~• Where the com~t hns nc1jou:cnecl foe honrizle of the suit ox: parte, and the clef endnnt·, n t or. bef ol."e such h,ea:ring, nppee:rs- nncl nssign.S good cause for his J,U'a'7"ioua non.....,pIJcurnnce, he" rfd;t~ ,. upo~· ~nicli.' ton.is '::rs 'tlid ·cAAlrt 'tiny ~ as to cost or othcrr.'ise; be:: hoe:rc1 in. nnswei' to • ' ~ • • ·• ~ '-r t~"a suit 1:ts :t.:r llc h,:cl nppeL,rec1 on the day flied :fdr his cq;,pearcmoc:1 1• rrn~ there [}:Joc1 dGUsG fo.r his r:i.on..if.)))om..,nce on the day which 1ed . to"' the ;orc1er, th:i:t rosi;,om1er: t ;Jllm:L.1 :_.moooed e:x.parte, Mr, l;_ ,asc.ln leqrnec1 counsel f01" tho 2~,plic: ..:.t i1,:r3 stnted that the · CC\S~ wu~ set c:.o·an for l:.8crinc on '.?~..:/5/:JG bdoro . . . .. . 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He nlso argued •. that hG p1:;rsonally went .tc cl:ock :i.J.1_cq:1rt nix:ibel:1 on~_whel'e the petition wc1s bej.ng heo.rc1 nnc1 tl.10 t there 1v:-.;s no he:.:r>il.1C of eleotion petition on tlm t day. He su h-1 ittec1 i:'ui~tller the t ho pl'Z'.Yed for the order r;if~ l.0•15 n,u, end statoc.1 for:t 1::::.:;.'2.~rr.ph 4 cmc1 5 of the ap_plicant's ,.. -~ ~ nffidovi.t. f.'.J:•e also fcilso. Ile tol:: t~:c court that he had nlready filed the n;ffic1c,r:.. t :.::.~ ;:.·c:.~·::; t:.~.-b ~1,1;:'.~anent ~ 91ter~d in favo1.,.1r ♦ ... .~- ot ,tb.a ~sp.on(:ont c:nC. tLe c. -~_:,)0:r .:;_;::_,J..icc.tion. bo c1i_scissed, '.... ,. In n brfof ro:;;i13~ · ·,.,. lTJsnln learned oo'Wlsel sul;p1tto~ tho t tbQ. ~c.;,poudent shoulcl not h, .vo r~liod on prew; rep~ Wl4 sho~d h~o ehecked the recoro. Ho nul:ni ttel.1 thn t ti.'1ere Vlf:13 suf:he:\;mt ~aonu iOJ... his non-np)oc:.--,::.:oc. Mr. Nc;nsr.,lo., J.oc.rrnx".. c~,u::;Jd :2'0r ·(;1-:.e ::.i:;:i;,lic.:.:..1t wouJ.c1 like \hij3 ....,.,.,,... 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