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The first appellate court's failure to address and determine the grounds of appeal, particularly those concerning the right to be heard and the legality of the trial court’s decision, is a fatal irregularity rendering its judgment a nullity.
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Failure to administer an oath to a witness before testimony is a fatal procedural error that vitiates the entire proceedings, judgment, and decree, necessitating a retrial.
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The High Court allowed this matrimonial appeal in part, upheld an Islamic divorce, held the trial court breached natural justice regarding a third party, and reassessed property division.
Primary courts have jurisdiction to entertain matrimonial disputes involving presumption of marriage; district court erred in ruling otherwise and respondent was not justified in filing a fresh case. Parties were not properly heard in the appeal before the district court as the issue of jurisdiction was raised suo motu without inviting parties to address it.
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The High Court upheld a divorce but altered property division, ordering sale of the matrimonial house and distribution of proceeds 60% to the appellant and 40% to the respondent.
The appeal was filed beyond the statutory thirty-day period without an application for extension of time; therefore, the High Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the appeal and it must be struck out as time-barred.
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High Court application for certification of a point of law was dismissed after the court held the dispute over matrimonial property division was factual, not legal.
The trial and first appellate courts lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matrimonial cause because the mandatory requirement of referring the dispute to the Marriage Conciliation Board and obtaining a certificate of failure to reconcile was not fulfilled. Consequently, the proceedings and judgments of the lower courts were null and void.
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The presence of a certificate from the Ward Conciliation Board suffices for compliance with the Law of Marriage Act; there is no legal requirement for Muslim couples to use Bakwata. The maintenance order of TZS 150,000 per month is justified based on the appellant's means and the prevailing cost of living. The appeal lacks merit and is dismissed.
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The High Court quashed lower-court decisions after finding a fatal procedural defect in the use of assessors in a Primary Court custody and property dispute.
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