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July 2025
The Attorney General and Anor v Metro Investments Limited and Ors (APPEAL NO. 9/2021; SCZ/8/01/2021) [2025] ZMSC 15 (25 July 2025)
Appellate court erred by treating a public land‑allocation interview scheduling decision as "improper" and by directing how the Commissioner must conduct allocations.
  • Land allocation — Advertisement and interviews for public land — Corporate applicants act through authorised agents — Request to reschedule interviews — Administrative discretion of Commissioner of Lands — Limits on appellate courts prescribing executive procedure — No basis to declare allocation null and void — Costs orders.
25 July 2025
The Attorney General v Rajan Mahthani (Appeal No. 4 of 2020) [2025] ZMSC 16 (24 July 2025)
Recusal requires factual proof of extra‑judicial personal bias; dissatisfaction with rulings is insufficient.
  • Judicial recusal — Judicial (Code of Conduct) Act ss 4 and 6 — burden and standard of proof — reasonable apprehension of bias — extra‑judicial/personal interest required — recusal not a vehicle to reopen final Supreme Court decisions — costs for frivolous motions.
24 July 2025