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ArticleBar­ri­caded courts could not extin­guish con­sti­tu­tional right to peti­tion — Musoma

ZAMBIA Repub­lican Party ( ZRP) pres­id­ent Wright Musoma has ques­tioned how aggrieved polit­ical parties, cit­izens and civil soci­ety were expec­ted to phys­ic­ally lodge a pres­id­en­tial elec­tion peti­tion when court premises were bar­ri­caded by...

ArticleCon­court can hear pres­id­en­tial peti­tion filed via Chief Justice’s e- mail, says law­yer

ArticleLit­ig­ants left in limbo as courts remain closed

LITIGANTS have been left in limbo fol­low­ing the unpre­ced­en­ted clos­ure of courts, not know­ing when they might reopen. Some lit­ig­ants who sought anonym­ity expressed con­cern at the pro­longed state of their cases with the adjourn­ments. This...

ArticleCon­court can hear pres­id­en­tial peti­tion filed via Chief Justice’s e- mail, says law­yer

He cited Art­icles 8 and 9 of the Con­sti­tu­tion, arguing that equity could pre­vail where strict applic­a­tion of pro­ced­ural law would deny access to justice. He also noted that the elec­tronic fil­ing was recog­nised under the Court Rules,...