Registered Trustees of Alliance for Change and Transparency [ACT Wazalendo] and Luhaga Joelson Mpina vs Registrar of Political Parties and Attorney General (Miscellaneous Civil Cause No. 23617 of 2025) [2025] TZHC 5816 (26 September 2025
Citation
Registered Trustees of Alliance for Change and Transparency [ACT Wazalendo] and Luhaga Joelson Mpina vs Registrar of Political Parties and Attorney General (Miscellaneous Civil Cause No. 23617 of 2025) [2025] TZHC 5816 (26 September 2025)
Media Neutral Citation
[2025] TZHC 5816
Court
High Court of Tanzania
Court registry
High Court Dodoma Main Registry
Case number
Miscellaneous Civil Cause No. 23617 of 2025
Judges
Chuma, J.
Judgment date
26 September 2025
Language
English
Summary
Leave granted to seek judicial review of Registrar’s disqualification for alleged excess of power and denial of hearing.
Flynote
* Judicial review — leave to apply — requirements: public‑body decision, arguable case, locus standi, promptness, exhaustion of remedies, six‑month limit * Administrative law — natural justice — right to be heard where decision affects candidacy * Scope of judicial review — procedural propriety versus merits * Preliminary objections — overtaken by events/abuse of process — dismissed as meritless.
Citation
Registered Trustees of Alliance for Change and Transparency [ACT Wazalendo] and Luhaga Joelson Mpina vs Registrar of Political Parties and Attorney General (Miscellaneous Civil Cause No. 23617 of 2025) [2025] TZHC 5816 (26 September 2025)
Media Neutral Citation
[2025] TZHC 5816
Court
High Court of Tanzania
Court registry
High Court Dodoma Main Registry
Case number
Miscellaneous Civil Cause No. 23617 of 2025
Judges
Chuma, J.
Judgment date
26 September 2025
Language
English
Summary
Leave granted to seek judicial review of Registrar’s disqualification for alleged excess of power and denial of hearing.
Flynote
* Judicial review — leave to apply — requirements: public‑body decision, arguable case, locus standi, promptness, exhaustion of remedies, six‑month limit * Administrative law — natural justice — right to be heard where decision affects candidacy * Scope of judicial review — procedural propriety versus merits * Preliminary objections — overtaken by events/abuse of process — dismissed as meritless.
