Ordinary Session in June, 2011.
7. On 8th June, 2011, during the 21st Ordinary Session, and before the Court had considered the request
for an extension of time, the Registry received both the Respondent's notification of the name and address
of its representative and its response to the application dated 7th June, 2011.
8. In view of that development, the Court accepted the Respondent's request for extension of time and
decided to extend the time to 8th June, 2011, the date on which the Court received the Respondent's reply
communicating the names and addresses of its representatives, as well as its response to the application.
9. By letter of 18th June, 2011, the Registry transmitted to the Applicant, the Respondent's response to the
application, and indicated that the Applicant should submit its reply within thirty (30) days of the date of the
letter.
10. On 28th June, 2011, the Registry received a letter from the Applicant requesting for extension of time for
its reply up to 30th September, 2011.
11. By electronic mail of 19th July, 2011, the Registry sent the Applicant's request for extension of time to
the Judges.
12. The Rules of Court do not provide for a time limit for an Applicant to reply to the Respondent's response
or an extension of such time limit, when given.
13. Despite this lacuna, the Court is of the opinion that it has inherent powers, in the interest of justice, to
set and extend time limits for the submission of pleadings.
14. On this basis, the Court allows the Applicant's request, and, accordingly, decides to extend the time for
the Applicant to file its reply to 30 September, 2011.
Done at Arusha, this second day of September in the year Two Thousand and Eleven, in English
and French, the English text being authoritative.
Signed:
Gérard NIYUNGEKO, President
Robert ENO, Acting Registrar
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