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Bakunda and 3 Others v Mutumba and Others (Miscellaneous Application 115 of 2024)

High Court · [2024] UGHCLD 60 · 2024 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for review and setting aside of interim injunction granted in related application affecting applicants' registered properties
Decision
Interim injunction set aside with respect to applicants' properties; applicants' registered titles released from the injunction

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Holding

The High Court held that applicants who were not parties to an application have standing to seek review of an interim injunction that affects their registered land. The right to a fair hearing under article 28 of the Constitution is inalienable. Where persons are condemned unheard by an order affecting their property rights, they have a legal grievance constituting sufficient cause for review under section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act.

Outcome

Interim injunction set aside with respect to applicants' properties; applicants' registered titles released from the injunction

Facts

The applicants are registered owners of four plots (3336, 3345, and two others) comprised in Mailo Register Kyadondo Block 192. These plots were created from plots 124 and 181, which are the subject of Civil Suit No. 528 of 2021. The entire portion of land had been purchased at an auction conducted on the instruction of the liquidator of Greenland Bank, a transaction whose validity is challenged by the plaintiff in the main suit. An interim injunction was granted under Miscellaneous Application No. 2687 of 2023, which affected the applicants' registered properties. The applicants discovered this order through a land registry search. They were never parties to the main suit or to MA No. 2687 of 2023, yet the injunction interfered with their enjoyment of their registered properties.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicants, who were not parties to Miscellaneous Application No. 2687 of 2023, have standing to seek review of an interim injunction that affects their registered properties.
  2. Whether the applicants have satisfied the requirements under section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 46 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules for review of the injunction order.
  3. Whether the interim injunction order should be set aside insofar as it affects the applicants' properties.

Orders

  • Application allowed.
  • Interim injunction granted under Miscellaneous Application No. 2687 of 2023 set aside insofar as it affects the properties of the applicants.
  • Costs of the application awarded to the applicants, payable by the plaintiff in the main suit.

Rules and key headnotes

Review of Orders — Standing — Non-Parties Affected by Court Orders
A person who was not a party to proceedings in which an order was made but whose legal rights are affected by that order has standing as an aggrieved person to apply for review under section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act.
Fair Hearing — Article 28 — Persons Condemned Unheard
The right to a fair hearing under article 28 of the Constitution is inalienable. Where a court order affects a person's property rights and that person was never a party to the proceedings, they have been condemned unheard, constituting a violation of the constitutional right to a fair hearing.
Review of Orders — Sufficient Cause — Orders Affecting Non-Parties
The fact that an applicant was not a party to proceedings in which an order was made that interferes with their property rights constitutes sufficient cause within the meaning of section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 46 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules to justify review of that order.

Legislation cited (7)

Cases cited (1)

  • Re Nakivubo Chemist (U) Ltd (1979) HCB 12

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