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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September 2023
28 September 2023
28 September 2023
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15 September 2023
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13 September 2023
12 September 2023
11 September 2023
8 September 2023

Criminal law—revision—Computer Misuse Act—jurisdiction—defective charge sheet—territorial nexus—identity of device—failure to prove location—charge ambiguity—cyberstalking ingredients—right to fair trial—miscarriage of justice—conviction quashed—sentence set aside—applicant released

7 September 2023
7 September 2023
6 September 2023
6 September 2023
6 September 2023
6 September 2023
6 September 2023
4 September 2023