EKO, JSC (DELIVERING THE LEADING JUDGMENT): The Court of Appeal, Enugu Division (the court below) delivered its judgment in the appeal No. CA/E/119/2001 on 24 November 2005. It refused to set aside the decision of the Federal High Court striking out the suit No. FHC/EN/CP/201/2000 instituted by the appellants, as applicants for judicial review of some administrative actions of the respondents. The grouse of the appellants, expressed in their appeal to the court below, was that the trial court did not hear, or failed to hear, them before the suit No. FHC/EN/CP/201/ 2000 was struck out for being an abuse of court process on account of the subsistence of an earlier suit No. FHC/CP/149/2000. The court below agreed with the appellants that they were not heard or given an opportunity to be heard before their latter suit was struck out. It nonetheless dismissed the appeal of the appellants for lacking in merits and awarded against them, ₦5,000,000.00 (five million naira) as costs. This fur…
EZENWAJI
V.
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
(2017) JELR 52622 (SC)
Supreme Court 12 May 2017 Nigeria
BriefBot Summary
- The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Federal High Court to strike out a suit filed by the appellants for judicial review of administrative actions. - The appellants argued that they were not given an opportunity to be heard befo
Case Details
Suit Number:SC.75/2006
Judges:MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD JSC (Presided) CLARABATA OGUNBIYI JSC KUDIRAT MOTONMORI KEKERE-EKUN JSC EJEMBI EKO JSC (Read the Lead Judgment) SIDI DAUDA BAGE JSC
Counsel:Ejike Ezenwo Esq. - for the Appellant. D
-*-
Nwachukwu Ibegbu Esq. - for the Respondents.
There's more. Sign in to continue reading.
judy.legal is the comprehensive database of case law and legislation from Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. Gain seamless access to over 77,000 cases, recent judgments, statutes, and rules of court.