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ELRCOtherPetition No. E012 of 2020· [2020] KEELRC 301 (KLR)
Ibrahim Osman Abdi v Sawada Ali & 3 others [2020] KEELRC 301 (KLR)
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·~1 min to read original · ~4 min briefThe bottom line
#A Kenyan public servant dropped his constitutional employment case before judgment, and the court let him withdraw without paying anyone's legal costs.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This Employment and Labour Relations Court petition was filed by Ibrahim Osman Abdi in Nairobi, invoking multiple constitutional provisions, the Fair Administrative Actions Act, the Employment Act and the constitutional petitions procedure rules. The judgment, delivered by Radido Stephen on 23 October 2020 through Microsoft Teams, is a short procedural ruling recording the fate of the petition rather than a determination on the merits. Following the court's direction of 7 August 2020, the parties were to file and exchange pleadings and submissions ahead of a judgment date fixed for 30 October 2020. The 2nd to 4th Respondents filed a Notice of Appointment of Advocate, Grounds of Opposition and submissions on 29 September 2020. Before judgment could be delivered, however, the Petitioner on 5 October 2020 filed a Notice of Withdrawal of Petition. The court accordingly ordered that the petition stand withdrawn with no order on costs. No issues were framed, no evidence analysed, no findings made and no substantive relief granted or refused. No authorities were cited in the ruling. The brief value of this judgment lies in its confirmation that a petitioner may discontinue a constitutional petition before delivery of judgment, and that a withdrawal attracts no order as to costs unless the court directs otherwise.
Key legal issues
#Legal principles established
#Court orders
#- 1.The Petition stands withdrawn
- 2.No order on costs
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Articles 22, 23, 165, 258 of the Constitution of Kenya (constitutional petition under the Bill of Rights); judgment does not state the basis expressly
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#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Ibrahim Osman Abdi v Sawada Ali & 3 others [2020] KEELRC 301 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2020). Petition No. E012 of 2020. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2020/301/eng@2020-10-23
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