the granting of leave by the Court of Appeal to file an application for
review of its decision is based on specific grounds’ and is granted at
the discretion of the Court.®
64.
The
Court
Commission
Tanzania’,
is
persuaded
by
the
reasoning
in Southern African Human
where
it stated
that, the
of
the
Rights NGO
remedies
that
African
Network
need
to
v
be
exhausted are ordinary remedies.
65.
that
In view of this, the Court finds that the Respondent's assertion
the
Applicant
should
have
filed
a Constitutional
Petition
to
challenge the delay in the hearing of the application for Review,
? See Section 66 (1) of the Court of Appeal Rules of the Court of Appeal of Tanzania
which provides:
“The Court may review its judgment or order, but no application for review shall be entertained
except on the following grounds (a) the decision was
based
on a manifest error on the face of the record
resulting
in the
miscarriage of justice; or
(b) a party was wrongly deprived of an opportunity to be heard;
(c) the court’s decision is a nullity; or
(d) the court had no jurisdiction to entertain the case; or
(e) the judgment was procured illegally, or by fraud or perjury.”
8 Karim Karia v Republic] Criminal Application N[umber] 4 of 2007 Court of Appeal of
Tanzania at Dodoma quoting the case of Tanzania Transcontinental Co. Ltd v Design
Partnership Ltd (Civil) Application N[umber] 62 of 1996.
®° Communication 333/2006 28" Activity Report November 2009 — May 2010. paragraph
64. The Commission held that:
“Furthermore,
easily
the ‘remedies’
accessible
for justice.
referred
The
to in Article 56(5)
Commission
include all judicial remedies
in INTERIGHTS
and
Others
that are
v Mauritania,
declared: ‘The fact remains that the generally accepted meaning of local remedies, which must
be exhausted prior to any communication/complaint procedure before the African Commission,
are ordinary remedies of common law that exist in jurisdictions and normally accessible to people
seeking justice.”
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