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High Court of Tanzania

This is the second level in the Judiciary justice delivery hierarchy. It has both appellate and original powers on civil and criminal matters. It also hears appeals from the Courts of Resident Magistrate, the District Courts, and the District Land and Housing Tribunals in exercise of their original, appellate and/or revisional jurisdiction. The High Court is divided into Zones and specialized Divisions. 

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June 1983
Abdallah s/o Melli vs Mkegani d/o Rajabu ((PC) Matrimonial Civil Appeal No. 25 of 1980) [1983] TZHC 71 (23 June 1983)
A court may dissolve an Islamic marriage despite unpaid doury; doury is a debt and cannot bar divorce.
Family law – dissolution of marriage under the Law of Marriage Act 1971; Islamic marriage – talaq not required for judicial divorce; doury (dower) treated as debt and does not prevent divorce; netting maintenance and dower obligations.
 23 June 1983
Paulo Mandalu vs Iddi Rajab (PC Civil Appeal No. 18/81) [1983] TZHC 616 (23 June 1983)
Proceedings are void if a magistrate concludes trial after all assessors present at commencement are replaced.
Magistrates' Courts Act s.8(1) (as amended by Act No.18/1969) – assessors – substitution of all assessors mid‑trial – trial concluded in absence of all original assessors is null and void – remedy: plaintiff may re‑institute proceedings.
 23 June 1983
Rashid Mtokambali vs Mwajuma Abdallah ((PC) Civil Appeal No. 43 of 1982) [1983] TZHC 492 (2 June 1983)
Respondent owns the shamba; respondent liable for shs.300/= compensation for destroyed cassava; each party to bear own costs.
Property dispute – ownership of shamba; damage to crops – liability and assessment of compensation; appellate review of Primary Court orders; costs awarded without proof set aside.
 2 June 1983