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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.
The Judicature Act has also been amended to raise the minimum number of Magistrates and Judges allowing more judicial officers to be hired. More magistrates and judges are needed to clear the backlog of cases that have caused great delay in the conclusion of cases and to staff new courts.
Kadhi courts or Kadhi's courts are a court system in Kenya that enforce limited rights of inheritance, family, and succession for Muslims. [1] The history of Kadhi courts extends prior to the colonization of East Africa in the 19th century, and the courts continued under British rule and after Kenyan independence in 1963. [ 1 ]
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 ...
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]
In 2020, Perry's conviction was overturned and the case was reopened by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Perry was released from prison and ultimately exonerated of all charges in 2021.
Previously, under section 56A of the Subordinate Courts Act ("SCA"), [6] when a constitutional question arose in proceedings before the Subordinate Courts, the Courts could refer the question to the High Court and, meanwhile, stay the proceedings. However, this did not mean that the Subordinate Courts could not decide constitutional questions ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the days since Luigi Mangione was charged with murder for gunning down a top health insurance executive, more than a thousand donations have poured into an online ...