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Supreme Court of Uganda

The Supreme Court of Uganda is the highest judicial organ in Uganda. It derives powers from Article 130 of the 1995 constitution. It is primarily an appellate court with original jurisdiction in only one type of case: a presidential election petition.

The Supreme Court is headed by the chief justice nd has ten other justices. The quorum required for a court decision varies depending on the type of case under consideration. When hearing a constitutional appeal, the required quorum is seven justices. In a criminal or a civil appeal, only five justices are required for a quorum.

 

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Plot M105, Kinawataka Road, Mbuya 1, Kampala, Uganda
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Judgment date
November 2017
An appellate court lacks jurisdiction to stay execution of a High Court order that has already expired.
Stay of execution; jurisdiction to stay expired orders; mootness of appeal where impugned order has ceased to exist; preconditions for stay (notice of appeal; likelihood of success; irreparable harm; balance of convenience) rendered irrelevant when underlying order expired; appellate court cannot decide stay after expiry; extension of trial court order is matter for trial court.
24 November 2017

Criminal law

7 November 2017

Criminal law

2 November 2017