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Leave of court is not required to sue Deposit Insurance Board for debts accrued after the receiving date, as such debts are not provable under the liquidation process and are attributable to DIB's own business, not Efatha Bank Ltd under liquidation.
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The applicant failed to demonstrate any substantial and irreparable loss or prejudice to pending bankruptcy proceedings that would justify a stay of execution. The grounds of pending bankruptcy and ill health were found insufficient and unsubstantiated.
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The High Court allowed the appeal, holding that the Resident Magistrate’s Court lacked jurisdiction over a suit against a specified public corporation without High Court leave.
The District Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain proceedings against the appellant, a specified public corporation, without leave of the High Court as required by the Bankruptcy Act and Public Corporations Act; all proceedings and orders were a nullity.
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The court found that due to statutory transfers of assets and liabilities from PSRC to CHC and then to Treasury Registrar, and the operation of law, Treasury Registrar is properly joined as a party for execution of the decree against Tanzania Shipping Line Co Ltd under Receivership.
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The High Court granted leave to sue the respondents, including a public corporation, after finding the applicant had a claim and no objection was raised.
The trial court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit as the appellant was under receivership and the claim was a debt provable in bankruptcy; the respondent was required to obtain leave of the High Court and join the official receiver as a necessary party. The proceedings and judgment of the trial court are invalidated.
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The Court of Appeal granted a stay of execution because a receiving order in bankruptcy protected the applicant’s estate pending appeal.
The Court of Appeal stayed execution pending appeal because the applicant’s estate was already under a receiving order in bankruptcy proceedings.
The High Court dismissed preliminary objections on bankruptcy and limitation grounds, holding that leave to sue had been obtained and the claim was not time-barred.
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