Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered a salary enhancement for police legal officers to match that of other government lawyers working in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Attorney General’s office. The landmark judgment, delivered on Friday by the head …
Read More »Justice Musa Ssekaana tips Tax Appeals Tribunal on effective resolution of disputes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has asked members of the Tax Appeals Tribunal -TAT to always focus on facts in legal disputes before them other than dwelling in technicalities which scare away tax payers. According to the head of the Civil Division of the High Court …
Read More »Court upholds decision to indefinitely suspend students found with drugs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has upheld the decision of schools to indefinitely suspend students found in possession of drugs that may endanger public safety, health, and morality. According to Civil Division High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana, schools have a broader duty to protect the welfare …
Read More »Court orders Uganda Funeral Services to compensate accident victim Sh261m
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana has ordered Uganda Funeral Services-UFS to compensate a man with more than 261 million Shillings. In 2022, Hirani Kanji filed a case after he was knocked by a vehicle registration number UAY 513Y belonging to UFS. Kanji …
Read More »Court dismisses compensation for man who drowned in drainage channel
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has dismissed a case brought by the relatives of Henry Haddu Lwande, who died as a result of drowning in a drainage channel, seeking compensation. Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana issued the judgment stating that the petitioners, Stephen Masinde and Eddy Bwire Lwande, who …
Read More »How Monitor lost bid to stay hearing of Museveni defamation suit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | The High Court has dismissed an application by Monitor Publications Limited to halt the hearing of a defamation suit filed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in 2021. In his ruling delivered Wednesday morning, Civil Division High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana, says the suit will …
Read More »Justice Ssekaana orders lawyers to bring formal instructions in EALA aspirants case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana has ordered lawyers representing 23 members of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party who are challenging the decision of locking them out of the primaries of the East African Legislative Assembly- EALA elections to bring formal instructions …
Read More »Umeme fails to block Mutasiga Coffee Factory from picking sh179 million
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Power distributor Umeme has lost an application to block Irene Nankabirwa, the proprietor of Mutasiga Coffee Factory, from drawing money from its bank account. Umeme had sought to stay the implementation of garnishee orders issued to Nankabirwa to recover Shillings 179.3 million as costs …
Read More »Court okays petitioners of Somali origin to get citizenship
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Division of High Court in Kampala has ordered the Immigration office to give people of Somali origin citizenship as long as they fulfill requirements of the law. The judgment issued through email by Justice Musa Ssekaana arises from a case filed in …
Read More »Contractor to pay sh320m for demolishing judge’s house
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered Mohinder Singh Channa, the Director of Coronation Developers Uganda Limited to pay sh320 Million to retired Judge Anup Singh Choudry as compensation for demolishing his house. According to the ruling by Justice Musa Ssekaana, Channa breached the …
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