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December 2013
Karokora v Attorney General (Constitutional Petition No. 45 of 2012) [2013] UGCC 16 (20 December 2013)
A statutory 87% ceiling on pensionable service unlawfully excludes consideration of a pensioner’s full length of service.
  • Constitutional law — Pensions — Statutory ceiling on pensionable service — Whether section 13(1) Pensions Act limiting pension to 87% contravenes Article 254(1)
  • Civil procedure — Res judicata — Applicability to constitutional issues — When prior non‑constitutional adjudication does not bar constitutional review
20 December 2013
November 2013
Advocates for Natural Resources Governance & Development & 2 Others v Attorney General & Another (Constitutional Petition 40 of 2013) [2013] UGCC 17 (8 November 2013)
8 November 2013
July 2013
Kamba & 2 Ors v Attorney General & 4 Ors (Constitutional Application No. 14 of 2013) [2013] UGCC 4 (29 July 2013)
A three-judge panel may hear interlocutory constitutional applications; the Acting Chief Justice’s administrative role does not mandate recusal.
  • Constitutional Court — composition under Article 137 — five-justice bench required for questions of constitutional interpretation only; interlocutory applications may be heard by a single justice or a three-justice bench (Section 12 Judicature Act; Rule 23 Constitutional Court Rules)
  • Recusal — administrative role of Acting Chief Justice/Acting Deputy Chief Justice not automatic ground for disqualification; speculative bias insufficient
29 July 2013
February 2013
Kazinda v Attorney General (Constitutional Petition Application No. 50 of 2012) [2013] UGCC 18 (19 February 2013)
19 February 2013