III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 6. The Application was received at the Registry of the Court on 28 July 2016 and served on the Respondent State on 29 August 2016. The Respondent State was given sixty (60) days to file its Response. 7. After several extensions of time, the Respondent State filed its Response on 25 May 2017. The Response was transmitted to the Applicants on 19 July 2017 giving them thirty (30) days to file a Reply. 8. The Parties filed their other pleadings within the time prescribed by the Court. 9. IV. Pleadings were closed on 28 May 2019 and the Parties were duly informed. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 10. In their submissions on the merits, the Applicants pray the Court to: i. Re-evaluate the proceedings leading up to their conviction and sentence and come up with its own conclusions; ii. Quash their convictions and sentences and order their immediate release from prison; and iii. Make any order as the Court may deem fit and just. 11. In relation to reparations, the Applicants pray the Court to: i. Overturn the findings of both the High Court and Court of Appeal; ii. Grant each Applicant reparations in the sum of One Hundred TwentyFive Million and Seven Hundred Thousand Tanzanian Shillings (TSH125 700 000); and iii. Make any other order or remedy as it may deem fit. 4