No ouster clause in the law establishing an inferior court or tribunal can protect it against a violation of its jurisdictional limits; it can only hide…

Where a tribunal acts within its jurisdiction, an ouster clause bars proceedings; but where the tribunal acts in excess of its jurisdiction, the High Court has…

The mischief against which section 3(4)(a) of the decree was directed was to make it clear that "any building" means any public building or any private…

The language of section 3(4)(a) of Decree No. 20 of 1984 as amended is plain and unambiguous; "dwelling house" is not restricted to "public" dwelling house,…

Where one by his words or conduct willfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things and induces him to act on…

Native law and custom are matters of evidence and must be proved in any particular case, unless they are of such notoriety and frequently followed that…

Parties are bound by their pleadings, and evidence which is at variance with the averments in the pleadings goes to no issue and should be disregarded…

The Supreme Court possesses inherent power to set aside its judgment in appropriate cases: (i) when obtained by fraud or deceit; (ii) when the judgment is…

A cross-appeal is an independent complaint, distinct from non-determination of an issue in an appeal; applications to set aside Supreme Court judgments should not be turned…

The Supreme Court has inherent power to set aside its own judgment in appropriate cases: (1) when obtained by fraud; (2) when the judgment is a…

Failure to consider an issue in the leading judgment does not rob the judgment of its efficacy where the issue was exhaustively considered and resolved in…

The Supreme Court cannot sit on appeal over its own judgment; there is no constitutional provision for review of its judgment by itself, as there must…