Courts (690)
HELD:
"First, an appeal is by way of rehearing.
HELD:
"Binding case law donates the proposition that all Courts lower than the Supreme Court in the judicial hierarchy should pronounce on all issues properly placed before them for determination and not restrict themselves to one or more issues which in their opinion may dispose of the matter.
HELD:
"A Court of law, particularly lower Court, has a statutory duty to consider and decide on all issues raised and submitted to it for determination.
HELD:
"It is rudimentary law that a Court should not raise an issue suo motu and unilaterally resolve it without hearing the parties, particularly the party that may be adversely affected by the issue raised:
HELD:
"The Court had a duty to consider and resolve every genuine issue properly raised before it, for determination.
HELD:
"Another elementary principle of law that imbues a Court with jurisdiction to entertain a matter or application, is that the parties/persons to be affected by its decision must be duly summoned/served with the process of Court.
HELD:
"The jurisdiction of any Court is granted aliunde - from without - and not from within.
HELD:
"On the conditions that must be satisfied before a Court is competent to exercise its jurisdiction in respect of any matter, this Court, Per BAIRAMIAN, JSC (of blessed memory) in the case of MADUKOLU & ORS V. NKEMDILIM (supra) held as follows: -