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The High Court struck out the petition as incompetent because the estate was already subject to pending proceedings and a grant of letters of administration in Temeke District Court, and no prejudice was caused by dispensing with the citation procedure as the caveator had already participated fully.
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The petition is not subjudice as it was filed before the related applications and the parties are not the same; therefore, the objection to stay proceedings fails.
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The appeal is time barred because only the first certificate of delay is valid and the subsequent certificates are invalid; the appellant failed to file the appeal within the prescribed time after the first certificate was issued.
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The High Court Commercial Division dismissed this long-pending suit under Rule 47 after no application was made within six months of the last adjournment.
The High Court struck out Vodacom’s application for extension of time to seek stay of execution, holding the court was functus officio after ordering execution to proceed.
Striking out the previous suit for being time barred did not render the court functus officio; the plaintiff is at liberty to refile the suit. The preliminary objection lacks merit and is dismissed with costs.
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The High Court stayed a land suit after finding it sub judice because an earlier tribunal case involved the same plot and substantially the same issue.
The High Court Land Division refused to stay a land suit pending probate matters, holding that sub judice did not apply because the cases involved different subject matter.
The petition was dismissed because the petitioner concealed the existence of prior proceedings and a binding order from the Kinondoni District Court requiring a fresh hearing in the Primary Court, rendering the matter subjudice and demonstrating fraudulent intent.
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Rule 47 applies to any judicial session, including those called for orders, and since no application was made within six months of the last adjournment, the suit must be dismissed.
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