HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

The Criminal Division is Responsible for hearing all serious criminal offences referred to it by the Magistrates' Courts. According to the Principal Judge's Circular, except for Commercial Court Judges who must attend to only Commercial Court cases, the rest of the Judges of the High Court who are based in Kampala are members of the Criminal Division irrespective of the other Divisions of the High Court that they belong to.

Each of the above judges is supposed to do, at least, one High Court Criminal Session in a year at Kampala

Physical address
High Court Building at Plot 2, the Square.
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October 2024

 

31 October 2024
Applicant remanded well beyond the 180‑day constitutional limit is entitled to mandatory bail subject to specified conditions.
Constitutional criminal procedure – Article 23(6)(c) – mandatory bail where accused remanded over 180 days without committal to High Court; delay in committal as ground for bail; setting of bail conditions.
30 October 2024

 

28 October 2024

 

16 October 2024

 

16 October 2024

 

14 October 2024

Private prosecution – procedural defects – DPP's authority – withdrawal of criminal cases – abuse of court process – public interest – administration of justice

14 October 2024