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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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24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004
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September 2019
Emmanuel Koteh vs Republic (Criminal Appeal 31 of 2019) [2019] TZHC 267 (16 September 2019)
Material variance between charge date and witness evidence rendered prosecution case unproven, prompting quash of conviction.
Criminal law – Obtaining money by false pretence – Material variance between charge sheet date and witness evidence – requirement that prosecution prove offence on date alleged or amend charge (s.234 CPA) – inconsistencies in dates and amounts fatal to prosecution case – conviction quashed.
 16 September 2019
April 2019
Land Revision (Land Revision 10 of 2019) [2019] TZHC 270 (30 April 2019)
Tribunal's suo motu non‑joinder decision and failure to read assessors' opinions nullified its judgment.
Land law; Non‑joinder of parties — necessity test; Procedural fairness — courts must decide issues on pleadings and afford parties opportunity to be heard; Assessors — written opinions must be read to parties and considered before judgment; Revisional jurisdiction — not a substitute for appeal except in exceptional circumstances; Locus in quo and recordal of proceedings.
 30 April 2019