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High CourtOtherNot stated in the extract· [2020] KEHC 6226 (KLR)
SUPPLY LINKAGES v HUDSON MANGENI
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#The High Court cannot make a decision unless the original case files from the lower court are properly provided.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This is a brief procedural ruling delivered by W. Musyoka, Judge, at the High Court at Kakamega on 8th May 2020. The court was scheduled to deliver a ruling on a Motion dated 12th November 2019, which arises out of or relates to Mumias SPMCCC No. 661 of 2007, a matter originating in the subordinate court. The ruling could not be prepared because the original records of the lower court file had not been made available to the High Court. Rather than determine the motion, the court directed the Deputy Registrar to follow up on the original records. It fixed the matter for mention on 28th May 2020 to confirm whether the lower court file had been availed and to allocate a fresh date for the ruling. No substantive issues of law or fact were determined, no parties or claims are identified in the extract, no costs order was made, and no authorities were cited. The decision is purely administrative/procedural in nature, deferring determination of the pending motion until the lower court record is obtained. It is useful to practitioners chiefly as an example of a court's handling of missing subordinate court files and the use of mention dates to track record retrieval.
Key legal issues
#Legal principles established
#Court orders
#- 1.Ruling on the Motion dated 12th November 2019 could not be prepared as the original records in Mumias SPMCCC No. 661 of 2007 are yet to be made available
- 2.Deputy Registrar to follow up on the original records
- 3.Matter to be mentioned on 28th May 2020 to confirm whether the lower court file has been availed and to allocate a fresh date for ruling
- On appeal from
- Senior Principal Magistrate's Court, Mumias
- SPMCCC No. 661 of 2007
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Appellate/supervisory jurisdiction over the lower court file (provision not stated in the extract)
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "SUPPLY LINKAGES v HUDSON MANGENI", Case Analysis (2020). Not stated in the extract. Source:
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