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The application for revision was filed beyond the prescribed sixty days limitation period for decisions delivered in 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2021, rendering it time-barred and depriving the court of jurisdiction. The application was omnibus and improperly filed, and the court is not obliged to determine incompetent matters on merit.
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Combining prayers for extension of time to file notice of intention to appeal and for appeal to be heard out of time is not fatal as both are interrelated and based on the same legal provision; applicant demonstrated good cause for delay due to imprisonment and lack of legal knowledge.
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The application is incompetent as it combines two prayers governed by different rules and timelines, and the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain an application for stay of execution filed out of time without prior extension; the preliminary objection is sustained and the application is struck out with costs.
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The inclusion of a prayer to set aside the District Court's dismissal order, which is distinct from the prayer for extension of time, rendered the application omnibus and incompetent before the court.
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The High Court refused to extend time for a land appeal and rejected a certificate on a point of law, finding the delay unexplained and the motion improperly combined.
The High Court struck out an omnibus miscellaneous civil application as incompetent, but allowed the applicant to refile within 14 days and made no order as to costs.
The application was incompetent due to improper citation of enabling law and for being omnibus, as it sought distinct reliefs governed by different laws and jurisdictions.
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The appeal fails because the application for revision was properly before the High Court, civil courts have jurisdiction to determine fraud if pleaded and proved, and the High Court correctly quashed and set aside the Tribunal's proceedings without needing to state further rights of parties.
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The High Court Land Division refused an extension of time to seek leave to appeal, finding the applicants failed to justify delay or properly account for it.
The High Court struck out a labour revision application as an improper omnibus application for combining revision of an ex parte award and a ruling refusing to set it aside.
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