High Court of Uganda

The High Court of Uganda is the third court of record in order of hierarchy and has unlimited original jurisdiction, which means that it can try any case of any value or crime of any magnitude. Appeals from all Magistrates Courts go to the High Court. 

The High Court is headed by the Honorable Principal Judge who is responsible for the administration of the court and has supervisory powers over Magistrate's courts. 

Physical address
Plot 2, the Square Kampala
6 judgments

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Judgment date
September 2021

 

22 September 2021

 

17 September 2021

 

14 September 2021
10 September 2021
A petition lacking a properly executed affidavit by the applicant, in breach of statutory rules, is incurably defective and struck out.
Election law – procedural compliance – requirement that election petitions be accompanied by the petitioner’s own affidavit (Local Government Act s.138, s.172; Parliamentary Election Petitions Rules r.4(8)). Evidence – Illiterates Protection Act – requirements for affidavits sworn by illiterate persons and endorsement by interpreters. Civil procedure – competence of petition – incurable defect where mandated affidavit is absent or noncompliant.
7 September 2021
1 September 2021