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The High Court nullified a land tribunal decision after finding the tribunal failed to record and consider findings from a site visit, a serious procedural irregularity.
There is no legal requirement for the assessors' opinions to be reproduced in the judgment as long as they are given, read out in the presence of the parties, and considered by the Chairman. The appeal lacks merit and is dismissed.
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The High Court allowed an appeal against dismissal of an intervention application in a matrimonial cause, quashed the ruling, and ordered joinder of the applicant.
The Court of Appeal allowed a criminal appeal, holding that the lower courts failed to properly analyze evidence and the defence, and the conviction could not stand.
The High Court allowed a second appeal, holding that the District Court’s judgment on a primary court appeal failed to comply with Rule 16 requirements.
The High Court quashed convictions for unlawful cultivation of bhang, finding burden-shifting, defective admission of a caution statement, and hearsay proof of the plants.
Second appeal over disputed land dismissed after the High Court upheld concurrent findings that the respondent was the lawful owner based on credible witness testimony.
The High Court allowed an appeal against an ex parte judgment, holding that the magistrate failed to properly evaluate affidavit evidence and award damages with adequate proof.
Despite the trial magistrate's failure to provide reasons in the judgment as required by section 171(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code, the conviction stands because the irregularity did not result in a miscarriage of justice; the prosecution's case was strong and the defence was discredited by the recovery of the rifle.
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