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. 

Physical address
24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004
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Citation
Judgment date
November 2023
Applicant's request for extension to seek leave to appeal dismissed for failure to account for prolonged unexplained delay.
* Civil procedure – extension of time – requirements under Lyamuya test: account for delay, avoid inordinate delay, show diligence, and consider points of law; * Applicant failed to account for over two years' delay; * Administrative directive to transfer files to Solicitor General not a sufficient ground where it preceded the challenged decision and transfer timing is not shown.
7 November 2023
May 2023
Applicant's challenge partly succeeds: newly formulated privacy offence quashed; dismissal confirmed on remaining counts.
Public Service disciplinary appeals; prerogative remedies (certiorari, mandamus, prohibition); powers of Public Service Commission to vary disciplinary decisions on appeal; limits — ultra vires/new charges; natural justice and sufficiency of reasons by the President.
15 May 2023
March 2023
Leave granted to appeal where appellate court allegedly failed to address acreage discrepancy and tribunal irregularities.
* Land Disputes Courts Act s.47(2) – leave required to appeal to Court of Appeal in land matters; High Court final on facts. * Criteria for leave – contentious issues, serious misdirection, or matters likely to cause failure of justice. * Land dispute – discrepancy between pleaded land (18 acres) and awarded land (37½ acres). * Trial procedure – allegation of rejected sale agreement and appellate failure to address irregularities/illegalities (ss.42–43).
14 March 2023
February 2021
Whether the applicant established sufficient grounds to warrant leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Appellate procedure – Leave to appeal – Criteria for grant: issues of general importance, novel point of law, or prima facie arguable appeal; inadequately pleaded or unexplained grounds do not attract leave; costs awarded where leave refused; right of appeal preserved.
21 February 2021
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