Criminal practice and procedure-appeal-appeal against conviction and sentence-appellant was convicted of the offence of breaking and stealing and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment appeal on the ground that conviction was based on contradictory evidence where the prosecution evidence on record was firm and consistent hence the offence was proved beyond reasonable doubt-whether the appeal had merit- section 306 (a) of the Penal Code. 

Family Law-probate and administration-grant-application seeking that the grant of Letters of Administration

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Criminal Practice and Procedure – appeal - appeal against conviction and sentence- appellant charged with the offence of trafficking in narcotic drugs– evidence adduced by the prosecution was overwhelming – conviction of the appellant based on proof beyond reasonable doubt-whether the appellant was properly convicted-whether the sentence could be interfered with- Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act, 1994 (Act No. 4 of 1994)

 Criminal Law – narcotic drug – meaning of possession of narcotic drug – actual and active possession – distinction between possession and trafficking of narcotic drugs

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[Ruling] Civil Practice and Procedure-dismissal of suit-dismissal for want of prosecution- principles applied in such applications-where the respondent argued that the plaintiff was disinterested in the matter- where the respondent had made eight unsuccessful attempts to fix the case for hearing -whether the application was merited- Order 16 Rule 5 of the Civil Procedure Rules

Criminal practice and procedure-appeal-appeal against conviction and sentence-the appellants were charged with robbery with violence but convicted on a lesser charge of robbery and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment-grounds of appeal that there was no sufficient evidence of identification and that the prosecution evidence was contradictory-whether there was sufficient evidence to convict-whether the appeal had merit-Penal Code section 296 (1) (2)

Criminal practice and procedure-prosecution-where the proceedings were conducted by an unqualified prosecutor-effect of-retrial-whether a retrial should be ordered in the circumstances of the case-Criminal Procedure Code section 85

[Ruling]-civil practice and procedure-pleadings-want of prosecution-application by the defendant to set down the suit for hearing /its dismissal-where the plaintiff after the close of pleadings, 3 months later had not taken any initiative to prosecute the case-whether 3 months delay was inordinate for a substantive hearing-whether the plaintiff was guilty of some delay in prosecuting the case-whether the application had merit-Civil Procedure Rules order 16 rule 5 (a)