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Court of AppealAllowedCivil Application No. Nai 109 of 1999 (40/99 UR)· [1999] KECA 33 (KLR)

PULIN HARAKCHAND SHAH vs SOUTHERN CREDIT BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED [1999] KECA 33 (KLR)

Court of Appeal
28 May 1999
186 words in judgment
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The bottom line

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Kenya's Court of Appeal stopped a High Court ruling from taking effect, granting an injunction protecting Shah until his appeal against Southern Credit Banking Corporation is heard.

What this practically means

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Executive summary

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This is a short interlocutory ruling of the Court of Appeal at Nairobi delivered by a bench of Kwach, Tunoi and Lakha, JJ.A. on 28th May 1999 in a single application, Civil Application No. Nai 109 of 1999 (40/99 UR), brought by Pulin Harakchand Shah against Southern Credit Banking Corporation Limited. The applicant sought an injunction pending appeal from the ruling of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Ole Keiwua, J) delivered on 8th December 1998 in H.C.C.C. No. 759 of 1998. The application was by Notice of Motion dated 10th May 1999 and invoked the court's discretion under rule 5(2)(b) of the Court of Appeal Rules. Having heard counsel for the parties, the court stated itself satisfied that the requisite conditions for the exercise of that discretion were fulfilled. It accordingly ordered that an injunction issue as prayed in prayer 1 of the Notice of Motion, to remain in force pending the hearing and determination of the intended appeal. On costs, the court directed that the costs of the application be in the intended appeal, meaning they were reserved to be dealt with when the intended appeal was heard. The ruling contains no extended reasoning, no citation of authorities, and no separate opinions; it is a single judgment of the whole court. It does not disturb the High Court's ruling, which remains intact pending the intended appeal; the injunction preserves the position in the interim. Its binding significance lies in confirming the court's willingness to exercise its rule 5(2)(b) discretion where the requisite conditions are shown to be fulfilled.

Key legal issues

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Grant of an injunction pending appeal under rule 5(2)(b)

Holding

The court granted the injunction as prayed, being satisfied that the requisite conditions under rule 5(2)(b) were fulfilled.

Reasoning

The ruling is a brief ex tempore disposition. After hearing counsel for both parties, the court expressed satisfaction that the conditions for exercising its discretion under rule 5(2)(b) of the Court of Appeal Rules were met, and accordingly issued the injunction sought in prayer 1 of the motion pending the intended appeal. No extended reasoning is set out.

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Legal principles established

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  • An injunction pending appeal may issue under rule 5(2)(b) where the court is satisfied that the requisite conditions for the exercise of its discretion are fulfilled.

Court orders

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  1. 1.An injunction to issue as prayed in prayer 1 of the Notice of Motion dated 10th May, 1999, pending the hearing and determination of the intended appeal
  2. 2.Costs of the application to be in the intended appeal
On appeal from
High Court of Kenya at Nairobi
H.C.C.C. No. 759 of 1998
Jurisdiction invoked
Rule 5(2)(b) of the Court of Appeal Rules

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Cite this brief

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Cite this brief

Caselaw, "PULIN HARAKCHAND SHAH vs SOUTHERN CREDIT BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED [1999] KECA 33 (KLR)", Case Analysis (1999). Civil Application No. Nai 109 of 1999 (40/99 UR). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keca/1999/33/eng@1999-05-28

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