Order 8 Rule 16 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (as amended) has provided for the limited circumstances in which the court can review…

Were we to accept the submission that we can exercise jurisdiction to entertain motions to look into complaints about the law or fact in the judgment…

The exercise of jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is statutory and its powers are circumscribed by provisions of the Constitution and rules of practice made thereunder;…

It is difficult to appreciate how this reason falls within the principle enunciated which aims at vitiating a decision on grounds of want of jurisdiction or…

A misdirection or error in law which is apparent on the face of a judgment must be distinguished from an accidental slip or clerical mistake in…

The point that needs be emphasized is that this court being a final court of justice under the Constitution has no jurisdiction and cannot under any…

Where a court has decided an issue and the decision of the court is truly embodied in its judgment or order that has been made effective,…

In the present case, no objection of any kind was taken to the bill of charges, whether on a preliminary issue or in the statement of…

A general guideline as to form, contents and purpose of bill of charges would be: (1) bill should be headed to reflect subject-matter; (2) bill should…

It has been sufficiently stated as a golden rule of procedure that it is wrong for a court to raise and decide an issue suo motu…

The law is clear that a discretion properly exercised by a trial or lower court will not be lightly interfered with by an appellate court even…

There is disagreement with the Court of Appeal that the mere participation of these 3 disputed king-makers simpliciter would invalidate the whole election; and the failure…