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Muhamed Kayondo Kakungulu and Others v Rev. Polycap Kakooza and Others (CIVIL SUIT NO. 35 92.)

High Court · [1992] UGHC 120 · 1992 Application Partly Allowed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for temporary injunction under Order 37 rule 1(a) of the Civil Procedure Rules, with concurrent application for adjournment by interested parties seeking to be joined as co-defendants
Decision
Application for adjournment granted; interim order restraining executors from dealing with estate issued; main application for temporary injunction adjourned sine die

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Holding

The court granted the application for adjournment to allow interested parties (including the widow, heir, and children of the deceased) who filed a notice of motion to be joined as co-defendants to be heard. In the interest of justice, the court issued an interim order suspending the executors from any dealings in the estate until the temporary injunction application is determined. The temporary injunction application was adjourned sine die.

Outcome

Application for adjournment granted; interim order restraining executors from dealing with estate issued; main application for temporary injunction adjourned sine die

Facts

The plaintiffs/applicants sought a temporary injunction under Order 37 rule 1(a) of the Civil Procedure Rules restraining the defendants from administering the estate of the late Prince Haji Badru Kakungulu of Kibuli, Kampala, and prayed for surrender of the probate. Before the hearing could proceed, counsel for five interested parties (the widow, heir, daughter and son of the deceased, and the Clan Leader who chaired the committee that appointed the defendants as executors) applied for adjournment on grounds that they had filed a notice of motion on 7 February 1992 seeking to be added as co-defendants. They averred that their joinder was necessary for the court to completely adjudicate and settle all questions in the suit, as they had fully instructed and consented to the defendants administering the estate. The plaintiffs opposed the adjournment. An annexure to the affidavit in reply showed a request for ratification of an error in the letters of administration brought to court on 3 February 1992.

Issues

  1. Whether the application for temporary injunction should be adjourned to allow interested parties seeking to be joined as co-defendants to be heard.
  2. Whether an interim order should be granted suspending the executors from dealing with the estate pending determination of the temporary injunction application.

Orders

  • Application for adjournment granted.
  • Interim order issued that the executors shall suspend any dealings in the estate pending determination of the application for temporary injunction.
  • Application for temporary injunction adjourned sine die.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Joinder of Parties — Persons Affected by Relief — Right to be Heard
In civil litigation, including probate actions, the court must ensure that all persons whose interests may be adversely affected by the relief claimed are either joined as parties or made cognisant of the action, so that such persons may be bound by the decision of the court and bring an end to litigation.
Civil Procedure — Injunctions — Interim Orders — Balance of Justice
Where an application for temporary injunction is adjourned to allow interested parties to be heard on their application for joinder, the court may in the interest of justice issue an interim order restraining the respondents from dealing with the subject matter of the dispute pending determination of the main application.

Legislation cited (1)

  • Civil Procedure Rules Or. 37 r. 1(a)

Cases cited (1)

  • Maria Nalukygc v Isaac Hategyekimana (Civil Appeal No. 719 of 1979)

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Muhamed Kayondo Kakungulu and Others v Rev. Polycap Kakooza and Others (CIVIL SUIT NO. 35_92.) [1992] UGHC 120 (10 February 1992)
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