Elias Micheni Mugo v Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) & 5 others [2020] KEELC 2319 (KLR)
The bottom line
#A Chuka court temporarily protected a demolished Chuka plot from further road construction, ordering a surveyor to resolve the boundary dispute.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Entitlement to interim injunction restraining road construction over disputed plot
The court granted and extended prayers 2 and 5, preserving the interim restraints and related orders pending interpartes hearing and determination of the application.
The applicant asserted ownership of Plot No. 26 A 2 Chuka Township, produced a sale agreement, council transfer minutes and a PDP from the Director of Survey, and showed he had paid land rates. Part of the plot had already been demolished. Counsel for the 2nd and 3rd defendants was not opposed to prayers 2 and 4 being granted pending the hearing. The court extended the exparte orders and set a timetable for written submissions.
Whether the plot lies on the road reserve
This is the substantive dispute, deferred to survey evidence and the main suit; the court did not determine it at this stage.
The applicant contends the plot is not on the road reserve, relying on documents held by the Director of Survey and an alleged 11-metre road space; the 1st respondent contends a 20 by 20 feet portion is on the road reserve. The applicant sought an order directing the district surveyor to establish the actual boundaries. The court deferred substantive determination, granting only interim prayers and setting a submissions timetable.
Legal principles established
#- Where an interlocutory application raises a boundary dispute, a surveyor may be directed to establish the boundaries of a plot vis-à-vis a road reserve pending full hearing.
Court orders
#- 1.Application to be canvassed by way of written submissions
- 2.Defendants/Respondents granted 14 days to respond to the application
- 3.Plaintiff/applicant to file and exchange written submissions within 14 days of receipt of defendants' responses; defendants to file their submissions within 14 days thereafter
- 4.Parties to come to court for directions to fix a date for delivery of the ruling on 29th September, 2020
- 5.Applicant to serve the court's orders upon the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th defendants within 10 days
- 6.Parties to file all pleadings in hard and soft copies, soft copies in Word Format Font 12
- 7.Prayers 2 and 5 granted and extended
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Sections 3 and 3A Civil Procedure Act, Orders 40 Rule 1 and 51 Civil Procedure Rules; Articles 40 and 64 of the Constitution of Kenya
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Elias Micheni Mugo v Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) & 5 others [2020] KEELC 2319 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2020). Not stated in the extract (interim injunction application dated 20th May, 2020). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2020/2319/eng@2020-06-02
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