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The Reference is moot as the DRC has already been admitted as a Partner State. The Court lacks jurisdiction over alleged violations committed by DRC before it became a Partner State. No cause of action is disclosed against the Respondents. Reliefs sought are not tenable.
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The application for extension of time was rendered moot by the retrospective amendment to section 5 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, which removed the requirement for leave to appeal in such cases. As a result, the application was struck out as incompetent.
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The EACJ found that the trial court erred by applying an outdated and restrictive standard for state responsibility for judicial acts. The correct standard is that any act or omission by a state organ, including the judiciary, that breaches international obligations can engage state responsibility. The Constitutional Court of Burundi's decision violated the EAC Treaty, specifically Articles 5(3)(f), 6(d), 7(2), 8(1)(a) and (c), and 8(5). However, due to subsequent constitutional changes and the death of President Nkurunziza, the remedies sought had become moot and could not be granted.
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The Court of Appeal struck out this bail appeal as moot after the money laundering count was withdrawn by nolle prosequi during the appeal.
The East African Court of Justice struck out this appeal as moot after the Finance Act 2021 removed the disputed differential tax. Each party was ordered to bear its own costs.
The African Court declared Ajavon’s request for provisional measures moot after CRIET convicted him and imposed prison and fines on 1 March 2021.
The African Court held that Babarou Bocoum’s request for provisional measures against Mali had become moot after the National Assembly was dissolved.
The High Court dismissed an arbitration-related petition as overtaken by events after the disputed farm had been sold and a certificate of sale issued.
The African Court dismissed Jean de Dieu Ndajigimana’s request for provisional measures after finding the requested release relief moot because he had already been released to Rwanda.
The Reference was dismissed as moot because the Anti-Homosexuality Act had been nullified by the Constitutional Court of Uganda, removing any live controversy. The Court found no sufficient proof of general public importance to warrant departure from the mootness doctrine and declined to usurp the legislative function of the Parliament of Uganda.
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