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Ogbagiorgis v Nakaye & 5 Others (Miscellaneous Application 2918 of 2024)

High Court · [2025] UGHCLD 27 · 2025 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for review of temporary injunction order and joinder as defendant in underlying civil suit
Decision
Application dismissed as incompetent due to defective supporting affidavit

Observed later treatment

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Holding

The High Court struck out the applicant's affidavit in support for non-compliance with statutory requirements under the Commissioner for Oaths Rules, where the deponent who signed the affidavit was not the applicant and no authority was shown. Following Kasala Growers Cooperative Society, the court held that failure to comply with statutory requirements is fatal and renders an affidavit unreliable. The application was dismissed as incompetent without a supporting affidavit.

Outcome

Application dismissed as incompetent due to defective supporting affidavit

Facts

The applicant claimed to have purchased land comprised in Kyadondo Block 253 Plot 1583 on 23 July 2024 from the 5th respondent. Three days after the purchase, the 1st and 2nd respondents filed Civil Suit No. 0691 of 2024 claiming beneficial interest in the land and obtained a temporary injunction on 2 September 2024. The applicant, alleging he was the registered proprietor and had leased the land to one Ghebru Micheal Brhane, applied to review and set aside the temporary injunction and to be joined as a defendant in the underlying suit. The 1st and 2nd respondents raised a preliminary objection that the affidavit in support stated it was sworn by the applicant but was signed by Gollapalli Mohan Rao, raising questions about whether the applicant physically appeared before the commissioner for oaths.

Issues

  1. Whether the affidavit in support complied with the Commissioner for Oaths Rules
  2. Whether the temporary injunction granted by the court could be reviewed, discharged, varied and set aside
  3. Whether the applicant should be added or joined as a defendant in Civil Suit No. 691 of 2024

Orders

  • The preliminary objection raised by counsel for the 1st and 2nd respondents is upheld.
  • The affidavit in support of the application is struck out for non-compliance with statutory requirements.
  • Miscellaneous Application No. 2918 of 2024 is dismissed.
  • No orders as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Affidavit Evidence — Commissioner for Oaths — Identity of Deponent
A commissioner for oaths must satisfy himself that the person named as the deponent and the person before him are the same, and an affidavit where a different person from the named deponent signed before the commissioner fails to comply with statutory requirements under rule 7 of the Commissioner for Oaths Rules and must be struck out.
Affidavit Evidence — Defective versus Non-Compliant Affidavits
Following Kasala Growers Cooperative Society v Kakooza Jonathan, a defective affidavit is one where the deponent did not sign or date it, whereas an affidavit that has failed to comply with a statutory requirement is one where a requirement of the statute has not been complied with; the latter is fatal and cannot be cured under Article 126(2)(e) of the Constitution.
Applications — Competence — Supporting Affidavit
Where an application's supporting affidavit is struck out for non-compliance with statutory requirements, the application is rendered incompetent and must be dismissed.

Legislation cited (7)

Cases cited (1)

  • Kasala Growers Cooperative Society v Kakooza Jonathan and Another (Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 019 of 2010)

Cases citing this judgment (2)

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Ogbagiorgis_v_Nakaye_&_5_Others_(Miscellaneous_Application_2918_of_2024)_[2025]_UGHCLD_27_(17_February_2025)
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