Supreme Court of Uganda

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The Supreme Court of Uganda is the country's apex judicial body, serving as the final court of appeal and ultimate interpreter of the Ugandan Constitution and laws.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Court of Uganda canonical 16
Uganda Supreme Court 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Uganda Supreme Court ⓘ
appealsFrom Court of Appeal of Uganda ⓘ
authorityOver Court of Appeal of Uganda ⓘ
bindingAuthority its decisions are binding on all other courts in Uganda ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of Uganda ⓘ
composition Chief Justice of Uganda ⓘ
other justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
countryLegalSystem common law ⓘ
ensures supremacy of the Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
uniform interpretation of Ugandan law ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
function develops case law in Uganda ⓘ
hears appeals from the Court of Appeal of Uganda ⓘ
hears presidential election petitions ⓘ
interprets laws of Uganda ⓘ
interprets the Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil appeals ⓘ
constitutional matters ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ
presidential election disputes ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of Uganda ⓘ
interprets Acts of Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Constitution of the Republic of Uganda ⓘ
jurisdiction Uganda ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem legal system of Uganda ⓘ
levelInCourtHierarchy highest court in Uganda ⓘ
locatedIn Central Region, Uganda ⓘ
Kampala ⓘ
Kampala District ⓘ
nationality Ugandan institution ⓘ
oversees application of constitutional law in Uganda ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
regionServed East Africa ⓘ
role apex court ⓘ
final court of appeal ⓘ
ultimate interpreter of the Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
ultimate interpreter of the laws of Uganda ⓘ
seat Kampala ⓘ
typeOfCourt court of last resort ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of Uganda → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Judiciary of Uganda → includesCourt → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Constitution of Uganda → establishes → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Acts of Parliament of Uganda → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Chief Justice of Uganda → oversees → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Chief Justice of Uganda → memberOf → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Chief Justice of Uganda → chairs → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo → heads → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Supreme Court of Uganda → alsoKnownAs → Uganda Supreme Court ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Uganda
Civil Division of the High Court → subordinateTo → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Land Division of the High Court → decisionAppealableTo → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Attorney General of Uganda → canAppearBefore → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Uganda → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Uganda → appealTo → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Uganda → subordinateTo → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
High Court of Uganda → isBelow → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
Ugandan general elections → associatedInstitution → Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ