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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Citation	Judgment date
March 2026
Republic vs Camilus Camilus Luena (CRIMINAL SESSION CASE NO. 11911 OF 2025) [2026] TZHC 740 (12 March 2026) Accused found not guilty by reason of insanity and ordered detained as a mentally disordered offender under the Criminal Procedure Act. Criminal law — Insanity defence — Procedure under section 220(1)/236(1) CPA for psychiatric examination — Application of section 13 Penal Code on criminal responsibility — Expert psychiatric evidence to be scrutinised with other evidence — Special finding and detention as mentally disordered offender under section 235 CPA.	12 March 2026
Republic vs Petil Kadege Mbena (Criminal Session No. 33241 of 2024) [2026] TZHC 709 (10 March 2026)	10 March 2026
Jestina Gerson Kyambile vs. Kelvin Komba (Consolidated Matrimonial Appeals No. 20175 and 19331 OF 2025) [2026] TZHC 554 (2 March 2026)	2 March 2026
February 2026
Ally Said Sangu v. The Republic (Misc. Criminal Application No. 28246 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 555 (23 February 2026)	23 February 2026
Salumu Anafi Salumu vs Republic (ECONOMIC APPLICATION NO. 26064 OF 2025) [2026] TZHC 420 (23 February 2026) Incarceration-related communication difficulties constituted good cause to grant a six-day extension for filing an appeal. Criminal procedure – extension of time under s.382(2) CPA – good and sufficient cause – accounting for each day of delay – incarceration and communication constraints as grounds for enlargement of time.	23 February 2026
Juma Hyera vs. Votina Ndunguru (PC Civil Appeal No. 15306 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 558 (20 February 2026)	20 February 2026
Sabinus Endrick Hyera vs Ebeat Kapinga (Miscellaneous Land Application No. 26155 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 345 (19 February 2026) Illness can justify extension, but applicant must account for every day of delay with consistent medical evidence. Land appeal — Extension of time — Illness as ground for extension — Requirement to account for each day of delay — Consistent medical evidence — Lyamuya and Bushiri principles applied.	19 February 2026
Mkombozi Commercial Bank PLC vs Abel R. Matabwa (MISCELLANEOUS LAND APPLICATION NO. 21336 OF 2025) [2026] TZHC 302 (18 February 2026) Technical delay from an incompetent appeal due to lack of drawn order justified extension of time for the applicant. Civil procedure – Extension of time to file appeal – Technical delay where timely appeal struck out for lack of drawn order – Prompt pursuit of drawn order – Good and sufficient cause for condonation.	18 February 2026
Halid Halid Mapunda vs. Issa Mlela & 2 others (PC Criminal Appeal No. 28128 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 557 (13 February 2026)	13 February 2026
Sandali Omary Juma vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 26062 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 201 (10 February 2026) Whether prosecution proved grievous harm beyond reasonable doubt, focusing on identity, medical evidence and absence of the weapon. Criminal law – Grievous harm – Elements: harm, grievous injury, causation and identity – Medical report (PF3) confirming open scalp wound – Visual identification and naming at earliest opportunity – Absence of weapon does not necessarily vitiate conviction.	10 February 2026
January 2026
Egino Nyingo (Administrator of the estate of the Late Longnus Nyingo) vs Kaspary Challe & Another (Land Appeal No. 21958 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 167 (30 January 2026) Unexplained judicial succession in a tribunal renders subsequent proceedings null, requiring quashing and remittal. Civil procedure – res judicata – tribunal may raise objection suo motu but must observe audi alteram partem; judicial succession – successor must record reasons before takeover; unexplained takeover renders subsequent proceedings nullity and warrants remittal.	30 January 2026
Rebeca Andrew Hepelwa and Agripromise Co. Limited vs Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 27593 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 93 (30 January 2026) Court ordered a shareholders’ meeting under Companies Act after company lacked quorum following a director’s death. Companies Act s140(1) – Court-ordered shareholders’ meeting where quorum impossible due to director’s death – Judicially-directed appointment of director – Unopposed application supported by affidavit.	30 January 2026
Thadeus Hyera (Suing as Administrator of the Estate of the Late Agathon Gallus Hyera) vs Noel Kumburu and Others (Land Case No. 14425 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 92 (30 January 2026) A jurisdictional preliminary objection based on alleged forest gazettement cannot succeed where it depends on disputed factual proof. Land law – jurisdiction – preliminary objection – forest reserve – gazettement and boundaries – administrative remedies under Forest Act (ss.23–24) – Mukisa principle on points of law.	30 January 2026
Ayubu Yusuph Mwichande vs Mohamed K Muhingili (Miscellaneous Land Application No. 26537 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 67 (29 January 2026) Applicant's illness did not justify extension because medical evidence failed to account for the entire delay. Civil procedure — extension of time to appeal — good and sufficient cause — sickness as cause — must account for each day of delay — medical evidence must correspond to period of delay — application dismissed for failure to satisfy Lyamuya criteria.	29 January 2026
Osmund Ngongi vs Daudi Ponera and Another (Land Appeal No. 000023639 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 66 (29 January 2026) Omission of a hamlet was not fatal; transferor is a necessary party and the case must be remitted after joinder. Civil procedure — Pleadings for unsurveyed land — sufficiency of description (village, ward, size, boundaries) — non-joinder of transferor as necessary party — remedy is joinder and remittal, not striking out	29 January 2026
Damian Ndunguru vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 21184 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 55 (27 January 2026) Failure to file court-ordered written submissions without proof of excuse amounts to waiver and warrants dismissal for want of prosecution. Criminal appeal — Hearing by written submissions — Failure to file submissions as ordered — Waiver of right to be heard — Non-prosecution — Dismissal for want of prosecution — Need for affidavit or documentary proof to excuse non-compliance.	27 January 2026
Juliana Rock Likunguala v. Songea Municipal Council & 2 Others (Miscellanenous Criminal Application No. 23204 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 106 (26 January 2026)	26 January 2026
Kachanga Osmundi Kinunda vs. The Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application No. 27208 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 104 (23 January 2026)	23 January 2026
Raphael Kayombo vs. Agness Haule (Miscellaneous Land Application No. 14634 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 107 (21 January 2026)	21 January 2026
Mogas Tanzania Limited vs. Abdallah Ally Selemani T/A Ottawa Enterprises (1987) Limited (Miscellaneous Land Application No. 14634 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 103 (19 January 2026)	19 January 2026
Simon Hyera vs. The Republic (Miscellanenous Criminal Application No. 27211 of 2025) [2026] TZHC 105 (5 January 2026)	5 January 2026