Case Law

Elections - Constitutional Law – Right to Vote

Elections - Constitutional law - Constitutionality of Elections Act

Constitutional law – Right to vote - the right of prisoners and remandees to register and vote

Elections - Election Petition - Withdrawal of Election Petition

Elections - Election Petition - Requirement for Security for Costs

Elections –  Election Petitions –  Adducing Electronic Evidence

Civil Procedure – Appeals – Striking Out of Incompetent Appeals

Elections – Election Offences and Irregularities - Bribery and Corrupt Practices 

Elections – Election Petitions - Burden of Proof in Election Cases

Elections - Constitutional Law – Free and Fair Elections

Elections - Election Petitions - Nullification of Elections

Elections - Election Petitions - Joinder of Necessary Parties 

Civil Procedure – Appeal – Amendment of Pleadings

Elections – Election Results - Handling of Complaints and Petitions on Election Results

Elections – Election Results – Recount

Elections – Election Petitions – Burden of Proof in Election Cases

Elections – Election Campaigns – Regulation of Election Campaigns
Elections – Election Petitions - Burden of Proof in Election Cases
Elections – Election Petitions – Nullification of Elections

Elections – Election Petitions – Locus Standi of Registered Voters

Constitutional Law – Rights of Voters – Right to Vote

Elections - Election Petitions - Compliance with Rules of Procedure

Civil Procedure – Judicial Discretion – Admissibility of Oral Evidence in Election Petitions

Elections - Election Petitions - Compliance with Rules of Procedure

Elections – Election Petition – Compliance with the Rules of Procedure

Elections - Election Petitions - Payment of Security for Costs 

Elections - Election Petitions - Compliance with Procedural Rules

Civil Practice and Procedure - Record of Appeal - Defects in the Record of Appeal

Elections – Election Petitions – Compliance with Security for Costs Requirement

Elections – Election Campaigns – Regulation of Election Campaigns

Elections - Election Petitions - Nullification of Elections

Elections - Election Petitions – Burden of Proof in Election Cases

Elections - Election Petitions - Res Judicata

Civil Procedure – Application of the Doctrine of Res Judicata – Striking Out of Improperly Filed Petitions

Elections - Election Offences - Illegal or Corrupt Practices - Burden of Proof

Elections – Election Offences and Irregularities - Bribery and Corrupt Practices 
Elections – Election Petitions - Standard of Proof 

Elections – Election Petitions – Jurisdiction of the High Court

Elections - Election Petitions - Nullification of Elections

Elections - Election Offences - Defamatory Statements

Elections - Election Petitions - Failure to cite Enabling Provisions of the Law

Elections – Election Petitions – Burden of Proof in Election Cases

Elections - Election Petitions - Rules Governing Election Petitions - Whether Civil Procedure Rules apply in Election Petitions

Elections - Election Petitions - Defective Affidavit

Civil Procedure – Judicial Discretion – Striking Out of Incompetent Applications

Elections – Election Offences and Irregularities – Voter Intimidation

Elections – Election Procedures and Voting Process – Polling Stations

Elections – Election Petitions – Standard of Proof in Election Petitions

Elections – Election Campaigns – Regulation of Election Campaigns

Elections – Election Offences and Irregularities- Bribery and Corrupt Practices

Elections - Election Petitions - Burden of Proof in Election Cases

Elections - Election Offences and Irregularities - Bribery and Corrupt Practices

Constitutional Law – Constitutional Remedies – Remedy of Reading In

Elections – National Elections Act – Interpretation of Section 114 of the National Elections Act

Elections – Election Offences and Irregularities - Bribery and Corrupt Practices 

Elections – Election Petitions - Burden of Proof in Election Cases 

Elections – Election Results - Vote Counting

Elections – Election Offences and Irregularities – Use of Government Resources for Campaigning

Elections – Election Campaigns – Illegal Campaigns

Elections – Election Petitions – Burden of Proof in Election Cases

Elections – Election Results – Irregularities in Vote Counting

Elections–Election Commission–Directives by Election Commission

Elections – Election Petitions – Role of the Attorney General in Electoral Petitions

Elections - Election Petitions - Parties to Election Petitions

Elections – Election Offences and Regularities – Voter Intimidation

Elections – Election Petitions – Nullification of Elections

Elections – Election Campaigns - Regulation of Election Campaigns

Elections - Election Offences and Irregularities - Bribery and Corrupt Practices 
Elections – Election Petitions - Burden of Proof in Election Cases

Elections - Election Petitions - Illegal Campaigns

Elections - Election Petitions - Standard of Proof in Election Petitions

Elections - Election Petitions - Nature of Election Petitions
Elections - Election Petitions - Jurisdiction of the High Court and Court of Appeal in Electoral Cases

Elections – Election Offences and Irregularities - Bribery and Corrupt Practices 

Elections – Election Petitions – Burden of Proof in Election Cases

Elections – Election Campaigns – Regulation of Election Campaigns

Elections – Election Offences and Irregularities- Bribery and Corrupt Practices

Elections – Election Offences and Irregularities - Use of Government Resources for Campaigning

Elections - Election Petitions - Burden of Proof in Election Cases

Elections - Electoral Offences and Irregularities - Bribery and Corrupt Practices 

Elections - Election Petitions - Nullification of Elections

Elections – Election Offences and Irregularities – Bribery and Corrupt Practices

Elections- Election Petitions – Burden of Proof in Election Cases