ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL v MUKOMEKA & ANOR 2020 (1) ZLR 335 (S)
Citation | 2020 (1) ZLR 335 (S) |
Case No | Judgment No. S-10-20 |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Patel JA, Bhunu JA and Bere JA |
Heard | 20 September 2019 |
Judgment | 14 February 2020 |
Counsel | T Mpofu, for the appellant |
Case Type | Civil appeal |
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Flynote
Administrative law – review – interference with decision of statutory body – circumstances in which courts can interfere with administrative decisions – examinations body cancelling school examinations and ordering a rewrite of a leaked examination paper – lower court setting aside the administrative decision to order a rewrite – court not equipped to make such decision
Education – examinations – examination board's power to annul examinations when cheating found – board's power to make consequential decisions, including requiring candidates to re-sit examination
Practice and procedure – mootness – hearing of matter when live dispute no longer in existence – exceptions to mootness doctrine – decision likely to affect other parties in the future
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