High Court of Malawi - 2010 October

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3 judgments
October 2010
Registrar's refusal to register a political party for manifesto language and regional membership violated applicants' constitutional and administrative rights.
  • Constitutional Law
    • — Administrative Justice — Failure to give adequate reasons under s43 — Quashing refusal to register political party
    • — Political Rights — Right to form and join political parties under s40 — Unreasonable limitation by registrar's refusal
  • Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Ultra vires and Wednesbury unreasonableness — Registrar’s abdication of decision-making by seeking directions
18 October 2010
Whether press releases and meetings established an unlawful society aimed at disturbing peace under Penal Code ss64(2)(g) and 65.
  • Criminal Law — Unlawful Societies — Whether press releases and meetings establish purpose to disturb or incite disturbance of peace — Penal Code ss 64(2)(g), 65
  • Constitutional Law — Freedom of Expression and Association — Limits on criminalisation of discussion and regional association — Constitution ss 5 and 44(2)
7 October 2010
6 October 2010