September 2025

Cases from September 2025

8 cases

The Applicant sought an interlocutory injunction without notice from the High Court, Lilongwe District Registry, to stop the Second Respondent, the Malawi Electoral Commission, from releasing parliame...

September 23, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Kondwani Banda
Civil Division

The Applicant sought leave from the High Court to commence judicial review proceedings against the Malawi Electoral Commission regarding an election. The Court reviewed the application and its support...

September 22, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Violet Palikena-Chipao
Civil Division

The Applicant sought a review in the High Court of Malawi against the decision of the Malawi Electoral Commission to exclude him from the official list of parliamentary candidates. The Claimant, a pro...

September 09, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Howard Pemba
Civil Division

The Claimant, a local contractor, sought payment for construction works allegedly performed under a subcontracting arrangement with the Defendant, a Chinese construction company. The dispute arose fro...

September 08, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice C.W.M Malonda
Commercial Division

The Applicants sought judicial review in the High Court, Civil Division, against the Respondent's decisions regarding the electoral process. The Applicants challenged the Respondent’s refusal to allow...

September 03, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Justice Matapa Kacheche
Civil Division

Dr. Abdul Majeed v Abdullah Hassan Chikukula

Commercial Cause Number 84 of 2025

The Claimant sought an order for the immediate delivery of a motor vehicle and damages for conversion against the Defendant, and had obtained a without-notice interlocutory injunction. The Defendant s...

September 02, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Trouble Kalua
Civil Division

The Claimant, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), sought permission to apply for judicial review of a decision by the Defendant, the Chief Justice, who had certified a criminal matter, The Repu...

September 02, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice R.E. Kapindu, PhD
Financial Crimes Division

Christopher Katopeka Kamanga v Yohane Malliot

Commercial Cause Number 348 of 2020

The Claimant, having paid for 11 hectares of land, sought specific performance to compel the Defendant to sell him an additional 13 hectares that were subsequently discovered to be part of the same pa...

September 02, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Trouble Kalua
Commercial Division