On 11 September 2018, the first respondent, a local authority established in terms of the Urban Councils Act, entered into a consent order with the second to thirty-second respondents (“the respondents”) who are its employees. The consent order appears at p 114 of the record. It was issued under HC 6908/13. It allocated to the respondents stand numbers 3515to 3553 excluding stand numbers 3536 and 3552 of Valley Lane Plan TPX 1290, Crowborough, Harare.
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On 14 April 2021, after reading documents filed of record and hearing Counsel for the applicant and for the respondents, I pronounced the following order:
“IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. The first respondent’s actions, on 21 September 2020, in impounding the applicant’s Subaru motor vehicle, without warrant of court order, were unlawful, null and void
2. Part 1, relating to items 1 to 4 being fees that are expressed in United States Dollars, of the Vehicle Registration and Licensing (Amendment Regulations 2020) (No 21), published as Statutory Instrument 166 of 2020 be and is hereby declared to be ultra vires...
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As you will be aware, the application among other things seeks to challenge the constitutionality of the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act [Chapter 10:20] amended to Electoral Act Regulations 2016 published in Statutory Instrument 117/2017.
3. As you are aware of, the regulations we (sic) enacted on 15 September 2017 and therefore they will naturally expire by 15 March 2017.
4. In order to avoid a situation where arguments will be academic on aspects of the regulations, and given the fact that both parties have filed heads of argument in this matter., we seek that the matter be determined urgently.”...
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This is an appeal in terms of section 65 of the Income Tax Act, ( ITA) where on 10 October 2018 the parties agreed that the main issues for determination would be the following:
“1. Whether or not the separate mining operations under the Appellant’s portfolio were inseparable and substantially interdependent, such that capital allowances in respect of the different mines should have been allowed under one tax return for each tax year period.
2. In the event of a finding being made that the issuance of separate income tax assessments for each mining unit was proper, whether or not...
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The applicants approached this court seeking an order in the following terms:
“1) The decision by the first and second respondents in refusing to renew the fishing permits for the first, second and third applicants be and is hereby set aside.
2) The first and second respondents are hereby directed to issue fishing permits to the first, second and third applicants upon payment of the requisite fees and compliance with one statutory requirements.
3) The first and second respondents shall pay costs of suit jointly and severally, the one paying the other to be absolved
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