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The judicial decision of the Constitutional Court of Zambia is final and non-appealable to the Supreme Court. Subject to Article 28, this Court does not hear bill of rights because the 2016 Referendum failed to gainer sufficient votes to amend the Bill of Rights. For now the Bill of Rights cases are heard by the High Court of Zambia.
Lewanika and Others vs. Chiluba, was a Supreme Court of Zambia case decided in 2000, in which the Court dismissed the petition and held that the amendment limiting candidates to being at least full second generation Zambians in dispute over the 1996 election did not disqualify Kenneth Kaunda from the presidency.
From Chingola in Zambia's copperbelt region, lead claimant Dominic Liswaniso Lungowe and another 1,825 Zambian citizens [3] claimed that Vedanta Resources plc had breached its duty of care to ensure that its Zambian subsidiary, Konkola Copper Mines Plc, ("KCM") would not harm the environment and local communities.
The Supreme Court of Zambia is the country's apex court on all matters, except those related to the constitution. Until 2016, the court was the highest court on all matters, but following the adoption of a new constitution in 2016, the Constitutional Court of Zambia was created with jurisdiction on matters related to the constitution and elections.
The Ministry of Justice in Zambia has six departments: [2] Department of Human Resource and Administration; Legislative Drafting and Law Revision Department; Department of the International Law and Agreements; Department of Civil Litigation, Debt Collection and Prerogative of Mercy; Department of Administrator-General and Official Receiver
Presidential elections were held in Zambia on 20 January 2015 to elect a president to serve the remainder of the term of President Michael Sata, following his death on 28 October 2014. [ 1 ] The ruling Patriotic Front candidate Edgar Lungu won by a narrow majority of just 27,757 votes (1.68%) against Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for ...
A local court was established in his palace headquarters with the required royal privileges intact: mukupele drum, eland tail flyswitch, xylophones, court messengers, attendants and councillors.? 2. Chief Mwene Lindeho Ngunga: His Palace was at Chamemba in Kalabo of Bulozi?? He inherited the royal privileges and court of his predecessor.? 3.
The Zambia Revenue Authority in June 2016 illegally closed the Post in contravention of an Order of the Tax Appeals Tribunal, in a move clearly intended to shut down the critical voice. On 14 February 2017, Valentine's Day , the Magistrate's Court of Zambia issued an arrest warrant to the Zambia Police Service to arrest Fred M'membe and his ...