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Nyanja Ebikka Jaleel and Others v District Land Board of Kiboga and Others (Miscellaneous Application No.0101 of 2025)

High Court · [2025] UGHC 1560 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application by plaintiffs to discharge a temporary injunction previously granted in their favor, arising from a pending civil suit concerning land
Decision
Temporary injunction discharged at applicants' request

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Holding

The High Court allowed the application by plaintiffs to discharge their own temporary injunction. The court held that an order holder may vacate an injunction where there has been significant change in circumstances since the grant, and that an aggrieved party should not be forced to maintain an order they no longer wish to hold.

Outcome

Temporary injunction discharged at applicants' request

Facts

The applicants previously obtained a temporary injunction restraining the respondents from trespassing, cultivating, grazing, constructing, selling, laying claims or dealing with suit land. The injunction was granted in Miscellaneous Application No. 0240 of 2019 pending disposal of the underlying civil suit. The applicants subsequently obtained letters of administration dated 26 July 2023 from Mubende High Court to the estate of the late Edirisa Kyakulangira. They then sought to discharge the temporary injunction on grounds that it affected a Ministerial directive dated 11 January 2023, and that the continuation of the injunction prejudiced efforts to register the land in the names of the administrators. The third respondent opposed the application, arguing that the letters of administration had expired on 26 January 2025 and that the injunction order had been overtaken by a consent order.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicant has raised sufficient grounds to warrant vacating the temporary injunction order

Orders

  • Application allowed.
  • Temporary injunction secured in Miscellaneous Application No. 0240 of 2019 at Mubende High Court Circuit vacated.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Temporary Injunctions - Discharge by Order Holder - Change of Circumstances
For an order holder to succeed in vacating a temporary injunction that they themselves secured, the primary ground must be a significant change in circumstances that nullifies the original reasons for the injunction.
Temporary Injunctions - Voluntary Discharge - No Order for Costs
Where applicants successfully apply to vacate a temporary injunction that they themselves had secured, costs should not be awarded to them as they cannot be compensated for vacating their own order.
Temporary Injunctions - Principle Against Forcing Orders on Parties
An injunction order cannot be forced on a party. Any aggrieved party may secure their own order to protect their rights but is not required to maintain an order secured by another party or by themselves in changed circumstances.

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Nyanja Ebikka Jaleel and Others v District Land Board of Kiboga and Others (Miscellaneous Application No.0101 of 2025) [2025] UGHC 1560 (28 November 2
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