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DFCU Bank Limited v Muwanga (Misc. Application No. 240 of 2018)

High Court · [2018] UGHCLD 38 · 2018 Application Partly Allowed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application to vacate temporary injunction previously granted restraining mortgagee bank from sale
Decision
Injunction not vacated but amended to impose 30% security deposit condition on respondent

Observed later treatment

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Holding

Held that where a mortgagor obtains an injunction restraining a mortgagee bank from sale, the injunction must be conditioned upon compliance with Regulation 13(1) of the Mortgage Regulations 2012, which requires deposit of 30% of the outstanding amount. The court declined to vacate the injunction outright but amended it to include this condition. An applicant in breach of this statutory requirement has no right to an unconditional temporary injunction.

Outcome

Injunction not vacated but amended to impose 30% security deposit condition on respondent

Facts

DFCU Bank Limited applied to vacate a temporary injunction previously granted in Misc. Application No. 1470/2017 restraining the bank from proceeding with a mortgagee sale. The bank contended that its affidavit in reply and submissions were not considered when the injunction was granted. Upon examination, the court found that the bank's reply and submissions had been filed on a different miscellaneous application file (No. 1471/2017) and were therefore not part of the record in Misc. Application No. 1470/2017. The respondent Muwanga did not oppose the current application and filed no affidavit in reply. The bank sought in the alternative an order requiring the respondent to deposit 30% of the outstanding mortgage amount as security.

Issues

  1. Whether the temporary injunction order granted in Misc. Application No. 1470/2017 should be vacated.
  2. Whether the respondent should be ordered to deposit 30% of the outstanding amount as security under Regulation 13(1) of the Mortgage Regulations 2012.

Orders

  • Application granted.
  • The injunction order granted in Misc. Application No. 1470/2017 is amended under Section 98 of the Civil Procedure Act to include a condition that the injunction is conditioned upon the applicant satisfying Regulation 13(1) of the Mortgage Regulations by depositing 30% of the outstanding amount.
  • Costs granted to the applicant.

Rules and key headnotes

Pleadings — Binding Effect — Failure to File Affidavit in Reply
Parties are bound by their pleadings and will not be allowed to succeed on a case not set up in their pleadings or change their case at trial except by amendment. An affidavit in support or in reply is part of pleadings, and failure to file an affidavit in reply where required is a fatal omission resulting in no rebuttal to the application.
Mortgage — Mortgagee Sale — Injunction Against Sale — Statutory Security Deposit Requirement
Under Regulation 13(1) of the Mortgage Regulations 2012, a mortgagor seeking to restrain a mortgagee sale must pay a security deposit of 30% of the forced sale value or of the outstanding amount. An applicant in breach of this provision has no right to a grant of an order of temporary injunction stopping the intended sale.
Injunctions — Modification of Injunction Order — Section 98 Civil Procedure Act
Where a temporary injunction has been granted without considering a statutory requirement for security deposit, the court may under Section 98 of the Civil Procedure Act amend the injunction order to include a condition requiring compliance with the statutory deposit requirement rather than vacating the injunction outright.

Legislation cited (3)

Cases cited (3)

  • Interfreight Forwarders v East African Development Bank (1990-1994) EA 117
  • Agro Supplier Ltd v Uganda Development Bank (High Court Civil Suit No. 379 of 2005)
  • Ganafa Peter Kisawuzi v DFCU Bank (Civil Appeal No. 64 of 2016)

Cases citing this judgment (1)

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