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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449 judgments
March 2026
An affidavit containing falsehoods or undisclosed hearsay cannot support an application for election documents.
  • Civil procedure — Affidavit evidence — Validity of affidavit — Affidavits must be based on personal knowledge or specify information sources
  • Election law — Interlocutory relief — Inspection and copying of election documents — Admissibility of supporting affidavit
9 March 2026
November 2023
Applicant failed to show sufficient reasons to extend time to seek leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
  • Civil procedure
    • — Extension of time to appeal — Lyamuya criteria (account for delay, diligence, inordinate delay, and illegality)
    • — Transfer of proceedings — Delay attributable to administrative transfer of files — Transfer to Solicitor General not a sufficient ground absent evidence of actual prejudice or dates of transfer
7 November 2023
May 2023
Applicant’s challenge partly upheld—newly formulated privacy-interference offence quashed; dismissal on charged counts upheld.
  • Administrative law — Judicial review — Certiorari and mandamus for unlawful disciplinary decisions — Revival of charges and formulation of new charge on appeal, adherence to the appeal record and natural justice
  • Labour law — Disciplinary procedure — Appeals: power to confirm, vary or rescind disciplinary authority decisions — Creation of new charges on appeal and requirement to act within the record
15 May 2023
March 2023
Leave granted to appeal where appellate court allegedly failed to address acreage discrepancy and tribunal irregularities.
  • Civil procedure — Trial procedure — allegation of rejected sale agreement and appellate failure to address irregularities/illegalities
  • Land disputes — Land dispute — discrepancy between pleaded land (18 acres) and awarded land (37½ acres)
  • Land law — Land disputes courts act s.47(2)
    • — High Court final on facts
    • — leave required to appeal to Court of Appeal in land matters
14 March 2023
February 2021
Whether the applicant established sufficient grounds to warrant leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
  • Appellate practice — Appellate procedure — Leave to appeal
    • — costs awarded where leave refused
    • — 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
    • — right of appeal preserved
21 February 2021
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