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ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS OF ZIMBABWE (PVT) LTD v MINISTER OF STATE FOR INFORMATION & PUBLICITY & ORS 2004 (1) ZLR 538 (S)

2004 (1) ZLR p538

Citation

2004 (1) ZLR 538 (S)

Case No

Judgment No. S-20-03

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Chidyausiku CJ, Cheda JA, Ziyambi JA, Malaba JA & Gwaunza JA

Heard

3 June 2003

Judgment

11 September 2003

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Counsel

A P de Bourbon SC, for the applicant
J Tomana, for the first and second respondents
C Mudenda, with him C Muchenga, for the third respondent

Case Type

Constitutional application

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980 — Declaration of Rights — s 24 — application challenging the constitutionality of a law — requirement for applicant to comply with law before bringing challenge

Practice and procedure — parties — locus standi — requirement to come to court with clean hands — meaning — not limited to cases involving moral obliquity — applicant seeking to challenge constitutionality of legislative provision — need for applicant to comply with law before bringing challenge — not open to applicant to decide what law to obey

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