G.M Combined (U) Ltd V The Chief Registrar of Titles (Misc. Appl. No. 415 of 1995) [1995] UGHC 5 (18 October 1995)

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APPLICATION NO. 415 OF 1995 \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7669020 {\b\insrsid3759528\charrsid1512815 G}{\b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 .}{\b\insrsid3759528\charrsid1512815 M COMBINED (U}{\b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 )}{\b\insrsid3759528\charrsid1512815 L. T. D:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::APPLICANT \par }\pard \s15\qj \fi720\li3600\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin3600\itap0\pararsid3759528 {\b\insrsid3759528\charrsid1512815 VERSUS \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7669020 {\b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 }{\b\insrsid3759528\charrsid1512815 THE CHIEF REGISTRAR OF TITLES}{ \b\insrsid3759528\charrsid1512815 :::::::::::::::::::::::::}{\b\insrsid3759528\charrsid1512815 RESPONDENT \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3759528 {\b\ul\insrsid3759528\charrsid1512815 THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G. M. OKELLO. \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2649920 {\b\ul\insrsid3759528\charrsid1512815 RULING: \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3759528 {\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 T}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 he }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 main application he}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 re was }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 brought}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 under section}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 190 }{ \insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 of the R}{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 .}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 T. A. calling upon }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 the Chief Registrar of t}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 itles }{ \insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 to }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 substantiate }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 and uphold the grounds for his refusing}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 to}{ \insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 ame}{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 n}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 d }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 the Register Book and reinstate}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 the applicant }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 as }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 proprietor of those lands specified in the Appli}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 cation.}{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 \par }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 When the Application was called }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 for h}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 earing, }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 Mr. Mu}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 lenga }{ \insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 S. C}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 . whose client }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 A. K.}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 Dete}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 rgent (U) Ltd. }{ \insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 is }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 not }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 a party to }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 the }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 applica}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 tion }{ \insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 verbally}{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 applied to }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 have his said client joined in the }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 application as Co-Respondent. He made the }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 application under}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 O.1}{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 r. 10 (2) of }{\insrsid8808395\charrsid1512815 the Civil Procedure Rules. \par The grounds on which the applicati}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 on as based we}{\insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 re:-}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 \line }{\insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 (1}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 ) that his client is the }{\insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 registered}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 }{\insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 pr}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 opr}{\insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 ietor of the }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 }{ \insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 property }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 whose registration }{\insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 G}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 .}{\insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 M}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 }{ \insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 Com}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 bined (u) Ltd. }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 (Applicant in }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 the main}{\insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 A}{ \insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 pplication) seeks to alter}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 \line to reinstate }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 itself }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 as its }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 registered }{ \insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 proprietor. \par }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 (2) }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 that the presence of }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 his client was }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 necessary }{\insrsid7435418\charrsid1512815 to }{ \insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 enable }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 the }{\insrsid3811133\charrsid1512815 court to effectually}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 and }{\insrsid3811133\charrsid1512815 completely adjudicate}{ \insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 upon }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 and settle all questions }{\insrsid3811133\charrsid1512815 involved. \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7669020 {\insrsid3811133\charrsid1512815 Mr}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 . Walubiri Counsel for the Respondent had in principle no objection to A. K. }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 Detergent (U}{\insrsid3811133\charrsid1512815 )}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 Ltd. being }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 joined in the Application as }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 Co\emdash Re}{\insrsid3811133\charrsid1512815 spondent,}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 But}{\insrsid3811133\charrsid1512815 Mr.}{ \i\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 }{\insrsid3811133\charrsid1512815 Kavuma }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 Kabenge, counsel for the }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 Applicant strongly resisted the application. }{\insrsid1388476\charrsid1512815 \par It is, I think pertinent to acknowledge at this stage that O.1 r.10 (2) of the Civil Procedure Rules does empower the court with or without application to join a party either as plaintiff or as defendant who ought to have been joined or those presence before the court may be necessary in order to enable the court to effectually and completely }{\insrsid1388476\charrsid1512815 adjudicate upon and settle all questions involved. To act under the above rule, the court had first to satisfy itself that the defendant to be joined was one }{\insrsid10055666\charrsid1512815 who ought to have been joined or whose presence was necessary for the effectual and complete adjudication upon a nd settlement of all the questions involved.}{\insrsid1388476\charrsid1512815 \par }{\insrsid10055666\charrsid1512815 As pointed out correctly in my view, by my brother }{\b\insrsid10055666\charrsid1512815 Justice Katusi}{\insrsid10055666\charrsid1512815 in }{\b\ul\insrsid10055666\charrsid1512815 FATUMA OSMAN HUSEIN Vs. M. U. PATEL H. C. C. S NO. 623/94.}{\insrsid10055666\charrsid1512815 the defendant to be added under the above rule was implied to be one against whom the plaintiff has some cause of action to be determined in the suit. It would seem therefore that a stranger against whom the plaintiff has absolutely no cause of action would not be added under this rule. \par In the instant case, the application to join the applicant was based on the ground that \'93 the presence of the applicant before court was necessary to enable court to effectually and completely adjudicate upon and se ttle all questions involved because he is the Registered proprietor of the lands whose Registration G. M Combined (U) Ltd. }{\insrsid3942531\charrsid1512815 S}{\insrsid10055666\charrsid1512815 ee}{\insrsid3942531\charrsid1512815 ks to alter to reinstate itself as its registered proprietor. On that ground Mr. Mulenga invited me to allow the application and to order that the applicant be joined in the application as co-respondent. He cited }{\b\ul\insrsid3942531\charrsid1512815 Misc. Application No.143/93 Makerere Properties .vs. the Chief Registrar}{\b\ul\insrsid1582208\charrsid1512815 of Titles}{\insrsid1582208\charrsid1512815 where he said in a similar situation the court allowed a joinder.}{ \insrsid10055666\charrsid1512815 \par }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 I have had the opportunity to read the brief record of the proceedings in that case. The Misc. Application was made under section 185 of the RTA for order that the Chief Registrar of Titles cancels the name of X as a }{ \insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 registered}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 proprietor of the land specified in that application. In the course of hearing the main application, an application was made by counsel for the }{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 Registere}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 d Proprietor of the land in question seeking to be joined in the main application as a Co\emdash Respondent. The application was formally made under }{\b\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 O}{ \b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 .}{\b\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 }{\b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 1. }{\b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 r..10 (2) of the CPR}{\b\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 ,}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 But before that application }{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 for joinder could be he}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 ard, the main application was }{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 withdrawn}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 . That being so, the court ruled that the main application having been wit}{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 hdrawn}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 , the application for joinder was left }{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 as a separate proceeding}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 . No order was therefore made for the joinder in that case. It follows that that case is not authority for saying that a }{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 registered}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 proprietor of a land could be joined as Co-Respondent in application brought against the }{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 chie}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 f R}{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 e}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 gistrar of Titles under }{\b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 section 190}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 }{\b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 of}{\b\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 RTA. }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 There are }{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 however authoritie}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 s which indicate that this court has on a number of occasions declined applications to join other persons as Co\emdash Respondent in Application brou}{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 ght under section 190 of the RTA}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 . \line In }{\b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 Fatuma }{\b\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 Osman}{\b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 Hussein Vs. }{\b\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 M. U Patel H. C.}{\b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 C. S. No. }{\b\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 623/94 K}{\b\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 atutsi J.}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 considered the applicability of 0.1.r.10 (2) of the CPR }{ \insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 in a similar situation and reflected it in the following words, \par \'93E}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 ven if the applic}{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 ation had to be brought under O.1 r. 10 (2) CPR}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 it seem to me that under that rule it is }{\insrsid5324388\charrsid1512815 plainly} {\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 implied that the defendant to be added must be a defendant against whom the plaintiff has some cause of complaint which ought to be }{\insrsid10164971\charrsid1512815 determine}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 d in }{ \insrsid10164971\charrsid1512815 the suit an}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 d that it was never intended to apply where a person to be added as defendant is a person }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 against }{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 whom th e Plaintiff has no claim and do}{\insrsid10164971\charrsid1512815 es not desire to prosecute any.\'94}{\insrsid7669020\charrsid1512815 \par }\pard\plain \qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7669020 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid10164971\charrsid1512815 As indicated earlier in this ruling, I share the above view. This rule does not authorize the joining of a total stranger against whom the applicant/ plaintiff has no claim and does not desire to prosecute any. A plaintiff has a right to choose who he wants to proceed against.}{ \insrsid11482869\charrsid1512815 \par }{\insrsid4138071\charrsid1512815 \par In the instant case, there is no indication that the applicant has any claim against those seeking to be joined in the application as co-respondent looking at section 190 of the RTA, there is no way the respondent seeking to be joined in the applica tion can be directly affected by a ruling based on that section.}{\insrsid10164971\charrsid1512815 \par }{\insrsid4138071\charrsid1512815 \par I have been asked to invoke the inherent power of the court to join the applicant to the application. I find no justification to resort to the inherent section because no injustice is likely to be occasioned to the applicant by the refusal to join him in the Application}{\insrsid2377257\charrsid1512815 since the main application merely calls upon the Chief Registrar of Titles to defend his reasons for carrying out his statutory duties in the manner he did it. Explanation from some other quarters is not called for. In the circumstances I decline the application to join the registered proprietor as a co-respondent to the main application.}{\insrsid4138071\charrsid1512815 \par }{\insrsid2377257\charrsid1512815 \par }\pard \qj \fi720\li5040\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin5040\itap0\pararsid2377257 {\insrsid2377257\charrsid1512815 \'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85.. \par G. M OKELLO \par JUDGE \par 18/10/95 \par }}