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The Supreme Court has unlimited original jurisdiction in civil and criminal causes and matters and an appellate jurisdiction conferred on it by the Supreme Court Act, 1996 or any other law, which includes appeals from the Magistrates’ Court. Appeals made by the Supreme Court can be struck down by the Court of Appeal, which is the highest ...
The Court of Appeal of Kenya is established under Article 164 of the constitution of Kenya and consists of a number of judges, being not fewer than twelve.. The court handles appeals arising over the decisions of the High Court of Kenya, the Environment and Land Court and the Employment and Labour Relations Court as well as any other court or tribunal as provided for in law.
The position of President of the Court of Appeal is authorised by Article 98(2)(a) of the Constitution of the Bahamas. Under Article 98(2)(b), the President may invite the Chief Justice to sit in the Court of Appeal.
Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, abolished appeals to the Privy Council under the Court of Appeal Act, 1971, which came into effect on 15 November 1971. [69] Previously, the Privy Council had ruled in Ibralebbe v The Queen that it remained the highest court of appeal in Ceylon notwithstanding the country's independence as a dominion in 1948. [70]
Appeals can only be as a matter of right, where the case involves interpretation or application of the Constitution or a matter certified by the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal as one that involves a matter of general public importance. The Supreme Court may review a certification by the Court of Appeal and either affirm, vary or overturn it.
The Judiciary of Kenya consists of three Superior courts; the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court.The Employment & Labor Relations Court, the Environment & Land Court are considered to have the same status as the High Court.
Kenya's high court on Friday blocked the U.N.-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country bring gang violence under control. Judge Chacha Mwita said Kenya's ...
Hall served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas on 1 February 1991 and then as a Justice of Court of Appeal of the Bahamas from April 1997. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was appointed Chairman of the 1998 National Crime Commission of the Bahamas and, on 4 August 1999, was appointed as the first Bahamian judge on the Inter-American Development ...