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On 7 June 2021, the court directed the police that in cases where a complaint is received regarding a missing person, and subsequent investigation reveals that it involves consenting adults from the queer community, the police should promptly close the complaint after obtaining their statements, ensuring that no harassment is inflicted upon them.
Fay appealed to the High Court against the sentences, arguing that (a) proviso to section 3 of the Vandalism Act [72] required the prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt the indelible quality of the paint used before caning could be imposed; (b) a probation order was appropriate in this case; and (c) the trial judge below should have ...
The Subordinate Courts of Kenya are courts subordinate to Kenya's High Court, established under Article 169 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. They include the Magistrates' Court , the Kadhis' Courts , the Courts Martial the Small Claims Court (Kenya) , and any other court or local tribunal established by an Act of Parliament.
A subordinate court may refuse to state a case for the High Court if it is of the opinion that the application for it is frivolous, except if the application is made by the Public Prosecutor. If a subordinate court refuses to state a case, an applicant may apply to the High Court for an order to compel the subordinate court to do so. [106]
The Magistrates' Court of Kenya is a Subordinate court established under Article 169 1(a) of Kenya's 2010 Constitution. [1] The Court is subordinate to the High Court and is presided over by either a chief magistrate, a senior principal magistrate, a principal magistrate, a senior resident magistrate, or a resident magistrate. [2]
The State Courts comprise district and magistrate courts and hear both civil and criminal cases that do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Over 90% of all judicial cases in Singapore are heard in the State Courts. Its annual volume averages about 350,000 cases. [2] The district judges, magistrates, and registrars of the State ...
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In a 1991 case, the High Court held that this was statutory recognition of the common law misdemeanour of contempt of court. [10] The Subordinate Courts' power to punish acts of contempt can be found principally in two statutes, section 8 of the Subordinate Courts Act, [11] and section 410 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010. [12]