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In the matter of an Application for sale by public auction of aircrafts abandoned at Entebbe International Airport (Miscellaneous Cause 40 of 2024)

High Court · [2024] UGCOMMC 198 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Ex parte application for court order to sell abandoned aircrafts by public auction
Decision
Application struck out for abuse of court process

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Holding

Application struck out as an abuse of court process. The court found that the Civil Aviation Authority had previously filed an identical application (Miscellaneous Cause No. 0124 of 2023) which had been granted on 30 October 2023, seeking disposal of eight aircrafts. The present application sought disposal of nine aircrafts on the same grounds and was therefore duplicative.

Outcome

Application struck out for abuse of court process

Facts

The Civil Aviation Authority applied for a court order to dispose of nine aircrafts by public auction. The aircrafts had arrived at Entebbe International Airport between March 2009 and February 2014 and had been parked without movement for periods ranging from two to fifteen years. The CAA had seized the aircrafts after owners/operators failed to remove them despite written communications and newspaper advertisements in November 2023 and March 2024. The aircrafts had deteriorated, accumulated unpaid parking fees, and posed security risks near the Presidential Parking Lot. Upon investigation, the court discovered that the CAA had previously filed Miscellaneous Cause No. 0124 of 2023 seeking disposal of eight aircrafts, which had been granted on 30 October 2023 by the Acting Deputy Registrar.

Issues

  1. Whether the Civil Aviation Authority's application for an order to dispose of abandoned aircrafts by public auction should be granted.

Orders

  • Application struck out under section 17(2) of the Judicature Act and section 98 of the Civil Procedure Act.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Abuse of Court Process — Duplicate Applications
Filing a subsequent application seeking substantially the same relief as a prior application already granted by the court constitutes an abuse of court process warranting the striking out of the subsequent application under section 17(2) of the Judicature Act and section 98 of the Civil Procedure Act.

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In the matter of an Application for sale by public auction of aircrafts abandoned at Entebbe International Airport (Miscellaneous Cause 40 of 2024) [2024] UGCommC 198 (15 July 2024
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