Cases from August 2025
The State (On Application by Dr. Michael B. Usi) v The Acting Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau
Judicial Review Cause No. 5 of 2025The Claimant [Applicant], sitting Vice President of the Republic of Malawi and a presidential candidate in the 16th of September, 2025 general elections, brought a without notice application to the H...
Registered Trustees of Word Alive Ministries International (Nsanje Congregation) v Violet Mhango and Lyton Matchaya
Land Cause Number 75 of 2023The Claimants, Registered Trustees of Word Alive Ministries International, sought a declaration of their rights over a customary land parcel in Nsanje, which they had been occupying since 2008. The Cl...
The State (on the application of Democratic Progressive Party) v Electoral Commission and Mr Andrew Mpesi
Judicial Review Cause No. 36 of 2022The Claimant, a registered political party, sought permission in the High Court, Civil Division, to apply for judicial review of the Defendant's decision to appoint the Interested Party as its Chief E...
Urban Mkandawire vs Isaac Nihaka and Others
Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 56 of 2023 (Being High Court of Malawi, Principal Registry, Miscellaneous Civil Cause Number 12 Of 2022)The Applicant approached the Supreme Court of Appeal by way of a motion to set aside a ruling delivered by Honourable Muhome J. on 14 May 2025. The dispute originated in the subordinate courts, where...
Eliza Misomali and Another v Esther Josephy and Another Land Causes Number 63 and 145 of 2023
Land Causes Number 63 and 145 of 2023The Claimants appealed to the High Court of Malawi against the decisions of the Traditional Authority and District Commissioner, which had vested ownership of two pieces of land in Mulanje District in...