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The Registered Trustees of the Anjuman Ahil-I- Sunnat Wal Jamat, Jinja v Muhammed & 4 Ors (MISC. APPLICATION NO 276 OF 2016)

High Court · [2017] UGHCCD 215 · 2017 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for stay of execution pending appeal
Decision
Application for stay of execution dismissed as overtaken by events

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Holding

Application for stay of execution dismissed where the orders of the lower court had already been substantially executed. The respondents had convened the meeting, elected new trustees, and registered them with the Ministry of Lands prior to the hearing. The court held that implementation of the judgment in the absence of a restraint order was lawful and that the application had been overtaken by events.

Outcome

Application for stay of execution dismissed as overtaken by events

Facts

The Registered Trustees brought an application for stay of execution of a judgment in Civil Suit No. 41/2014 pending appeal. The judgment had been delivered on 8 April 2016. The application was filed on 17 June 2016. The Respondents, who had been successful plaintiffs in a representative suit, convened a meeting on 12 August 2016, elected new trustees, and registered them with the Ministry of Lands on 13 October 2016, all before the stay application was heard on 13 December 2016. The Applicant contended that the meeting and registration were done in bad faith to defeat the application.

Issues

  1. Whether execution of the judgment in Civil Suit No. 41/2014 should be stayed pending determination of the appeal.
  2. Whether the application for stay of execution has been overtaken by events.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs in the cause.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Application Filed After Judgment Already Executed
Where a party obtains judgment and proceeds to implement it in the absence of any restraint order, such implementation is lawful and does not constitute bad faith, even if a stay application is pending but not yet heard.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Application Overtaken by Events
An application for stay of execution will be dismissed as overtaken by events where the orders sought to be stayed have already been substantially executed before the hearing of the application.

Legislation cited (1)

  • Civil Procedure Rules O.22 r.26

Cases cited (1)

  • Gashumba Maniraguha v Sam Nkundiye (Supreme Civil Application No. 24 of 2015)

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The Registered Trustees of the Anjuman Ahil-I- Sunnat Wal Jamat, Jinja v Muhammed & 4 Ors (MISC. APPLICATION NO 276 OF 2016) [2017] UGHCCD 215 (15 March 2017)
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