Mujungu v Tumwine and Another (Election Petition Application No. 26 of 2022)
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Holding
By consent of the parties, the Court allowed the validation of the Memorandum and Record of Appeal in the election petition appeal. The first and second respondents withdrew their separate applications (Nos. 25 and 29 of 2022) seeking to strike out the appeal, following guidance from the Court on the role of advocates to their clients and their responsibility to dispense substantive justice. The Court ordered each party to bear their own costs.
Outcome
Validation of the Memorandum and Record of Appeal allowed by consent; the appeal to proceed.
Facts
The applicant sought an extension of time to file and serve the Memorandum of Appeal and Record of Appeal, and to validate those documents, in Election Petition Appeal No. 77 of 2021. When the application was called for hearing, the Court found that two related applications also existed: Application No. 25 of 2022, filed by the first respondent seeking to strike out the appeal, and Application No. 29 of 2022, filed by the second respondent (the Electoral Commission) on substantially the same grounds. For purposes of case management, the Court inquired whether counsel could extend professional courtesies, accept the validation, and withdraw the two strike-out applications. After standing the matter over for consultation, counsel for the respondents obtained instructions to withdraw their applications and conceded. The parties, by consent, agreed to the validation and the withdrawal of the two competing applications.
Issues
- Whether time within which to file and serve the Memorandum of Appeal and Record of Appeal should be extended and/or the documents validated.
Orders
- Validation in Election Petition Application No. 26 of 2022 allowed by consent.
- Applications No. 25 of 2022 and No. 29 of 2022 withdrawn by reason of the parties' concessions.
- Each party to bear their own costs.
Rules and key headnotes
Legislation cited (4)
- Parliamentary Elections (Election Petitions) Rules S.I 141-2 r.19
- Parliamentary Elections (Election Petitions) Rules S.I 141-2 r.35
- Judicature (Court of Appeal) Rules Directions S.I 13-10 r.2(2)
- Judicature (Court of Appeal) Rules Directions S.I 13-10 r.5
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