INSIGHT: Placement: Why appoint DPP as High Court Judge?

>On August 15, 2014, President Jakaya Kikwete swore-in 20 newly appointed High Court judges. The number included Dr Eliezer Feleshi, who before this new appointment, was the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), a very powerful office in which he served for almost seven years since his appointment in 2007.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Daily News

03 Sep

High Court dismisses DPP appeal

High Court dismisses DPP appeal
Daily News
THE High Court dismissed an appeal lodged by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), challenging the acquittal of Managing Director of Riki Hill Hotel, Hans Aingaya Macha (50), on charges of forgery relating to ownership of a plot. Judge Laurence ...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

03 Mar

Briton challenges DPP's bail objection at high court

Briton challenges DPP's bail objection at high court
Daily News
AHSAN Ali Iqbal alias Ali Patel, a British citizen, allegedly charged alongside eight other people for theft and forgery of Tanzanian passports, have appealed to the High Court to challenge the move by the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP) objection of bail ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Sep

INSIGHT: Green court takes lead role in high-stakes battle

The judge was disgusted. Four bureaucrats stood meekly before him, their heads bowed. In May, he had ordered them to inspect the damage wrought by development near an ecologically sensitive lake bed in Bangalore, one of India’s fastest-growing cities. But their report left the judge far from impressed.

 

9 years ago

IPPmedia

24 Nov

High Court and Media Council launch training for court staff and journalists

High Court and Media Council launch training for court staff and journalists
IPPmedia
The High Court of Tanzania in collaboration with the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) has organised a two-day training for journalists who cover court cases. The training will be officially opened by Chief Justice Mohamed Othman Chande, tomorrow in Dar ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

10 Jun

Judge criticises commercial court rules

Judge criticises commercial court rules
Daily News
THE High Court's Commercial Division has resolved that some of its own rules, in particular those governing commencement of trials relating to commercial disputes, are contradictory and confusing. Judge Ratifa Mansour reached the decision when ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Mar

Former Court of Appeal Judge counsels members

A former Court of Appeal judge has urged Constituent Assembly members to put national interests first and avoid making decisions based on personal convictions.

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

13 Aug

Judge orders missing suspect brought to court

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Judge orders missing suspect brought to court
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The Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court has ordered the former CCM official to be brought before court to testify in the forgery and theft case of over 200m/- from the Central Bank's External Payment Arrears account (EPA) after he went missing presumably sick ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Mar

Ex-judge lauds CRC for Supreme Court proposal

A former High Court judge has commended the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) for proposing the establishment of a supreme court.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

01 Apr

Appeal Court judge rejects death penalty

Appeal Court judge rejects death penalty
Daily News
FOR the first time in the country's history, a justice of the Court of Appeal has refused to endorse a death sentence passed against a resident of Bukoba, Dominick Damian, who killed his mother on suspicion that she was bewitching him. While Justices ...

 

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