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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 proceedings in the trial court were a legal action by creditors (respondents) against a specified public corporation (appellant) in respect of a provable debt, and were commenced without leave of the High Court as required by section 9(1) of the Bankruptcy Ordinance as applied by section 43(1) of the Public Corporation Act. Therefore, the trial court lacked jurisdiction and the proceedings were illegal.
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The Court of Appeal stayed execution pending appeal because the applicant’s estate was already under a receiving order in bankruptcy proceedings.
The trial court lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate the matter as it involved a Specified Public Corporation under liquidation, a bankruptcy matter reserved for the High Court. The proceedings and judgment were therefore null and void.
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The High Court dismissed an application for leave to appeal in a bankruptcy matter, holding that the intended appeal raised no important issue for the Court of Appeal.
The High Court refused leave to appeal in a bankruptcy matter, holding the proposed appeal raised no important point of law for the Court of Appeal.
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