LODOH, J.
Background
The Applicant/Respondent (hereafter called Applicant) filed a motion on notice on 22nd May, 2019 for an order to commit the Respondent/Applicant (hereafter called Respondent) for contempt under Order 50 Rule 1 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (CI 47). The Respondent did not however respond to the application, but chose to assault the originating process per a motion dated 4th June, 2019 filed for and on his behalf by their lawyer. In the said motion the respondent prayed for an order to struck out the action of the Applicants’ on the grounds that Applicants failed to “supply” the Registry of the Court with their Tax Identification Number (TIN) as required by section 11 and Part 1 section 2 of the Revenue Administration Act, 2016 (Act 915).
Counsel for the Applicant at the hearing of the application to struck out his originating motion, also invoked similar grounds against the respondent’s motion under what he described as a preliminary legal objection …