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Duplicate challenge to presidential election process struck out as abuse of process
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The High Court struck out the plaintiff's proceedings seeking various declarations regarding the conduct and validity of the 2025 presidential election. The court found that the plaintiff's current case was effectively identical to an earlier set of proceedings already dismissed for disclosing no reasonable cause of action and raising issues not justiciable by the court, and that any new argument could and should have been made previously. The judge held that the matter was res judicata, constituted an abuse of process, and was bound to fail, emphasising that re-litigating the same dispute was impermissible regardless of the plaintiff's attempt to frame the reliefs differently.
strike out application – res judicata – abuse of process – presidential election – relief sought – plaintiff"s proceedings – challenge to nomination process – alleged unconstitutional interference – High Court jurisdiction – Presidential Elections Act 1993 – Article 12 of the Constitution – non-justiciable issues – application to re-enter proceedings – Henderson v. Henderson rule – executive directive – stay of inauguration
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