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Seguya Mohamed and Another v Tibeingan Deox and Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 1398 of 2024)

High Court · [2024] UGHCLD 364 · 2024 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for orders arising from earlier civil suit judgment, seeking declarations regarding land ownership and bona fide purchaser status
Decision
Application dismissed for procedural failures

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Holding

Application dismissed for failure to serve respondents and non-appearance of applicants and their counsel at the scheduled hearing. The court applied Order 5 and Order 9 rule 17 of the Civil Procedure Rules to dismiss the unserved and unattended application.

Outcome

Application dismissed for procedural failures

Facts

The applicants filed a miscellaneous application arising from Civil Suit No. 322 of 2012, seeking various declarations regarding ownership of suit land formerly Block 397 plot 126 and determinations on bona fide purchaser status of several respondents. The application was filed via ECCMIS on 30 May 2024. Counsel for the applicant applied for a hearing date on 12 June 2024. The matter was scheduled for hearing on 21 November 2024 at 10:30am. No affidavit of service appeared on the court record showing service on the respondents. At the scheduled hearing, neither the applicants nor their counsel nor any of the respondents appeared. No explanation was provided for the failure to serve the respondents or for the non-appearance of the applicants and their counsel.

Issues

  1. Whether the application should be granted in circumstances where it was not served on the respondents and neither the applicants nor their counsel appeared at the hearing.

Orders

  • Application dismissed under Order 5 and Order 9 rule 17 of the Civil Procedure Rules.

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Seguya_Mohamed_and_Another_v_Tibeingan_Deox_and_Others_(Miscellaneous_Application_No._1398_of_2024)_[2024]_UGHCLD_364_(21_November_2024)
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