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The power of attorney was improperly granted and exercised because the donor was present within the court's jurisdiction, no genuine reasons were provided for the grant, and the donee acted beyond permissible scope by conducting proceedings as an advocate.
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The trial tribunal lacked jurisdiction to determine the dispute because the size and description of the disputed land were not clearly stated or established in the pleadings or evidence, rendering the proceedings a nullity.
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The appeal is not maintainable because a necessary party (Ali Kheri Sumaye) was not joined at the trial stage, rendering the proceedings and judgment of the trial tribunal a nullity.
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Court of Appeal held the criminal appeal to the High Court was not time-barred and that dismissal was the wrong procedure; the matter was remitted for hearing on the merits.
The charge was fatally defective for failing to specify to whom the threat or violence was directed in the particulars of offence, an essential element under section 287A of the Penal Code and section 132 of the Criminal Procedure Act. This defect is not curable by evidence, rendering the trial and appellate proceedings null and void.
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The Court of Appeal set aside the High Court’s enhancement of sentence, holding that revisional powers could not be used to grant relief in a time-barred appeal without hearing the appellant.
The appellant had no right of appeal against the High Court's refusal to grant extension of time; however, given the unchallenged affidavit and procedural history, the Court exercised revisional powers to grant extension of time, finding sufficient cause for the delay.
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The Court of Appeal does not have jurisdiction to revise decisions of the Fair Competition Tribunal under section 4(3) of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, as the Tribunal is not the High Court and its decisions are final by statute. Section 84(2) of the Fair Competition Act does not equate the Tribunal to the High Court but only prescribes the mode of enforcement of its decisions.
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Due to irretrievable loss of records and inability to reconstruct them, coupled with the appellant's lengthy incarceration, the court invoked its revisional powers to quash the proceedings, conviction, and sentence, and ordered immediate release.
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The Deputy Registrar had no jurisdiction to order stay of execution in the absence of an application for stay, and is not part of the Labour Division of the High Court for purposes of issuing such orders; the order and proceedings in Execution No. 26 of 2018 are a nullity and are quashed.
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