AKANBI ENITAN VS. THE STATE
July 23, 2025NIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY LTD. V CONSTANCE OBI NGONADI
July 23, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1985) Legalpedia (SC) 98141
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Fri May 31, 1985
Suit Number: SC. 100/1984
CORAM
OBASEKI, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
ANIAGOLU, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
UWAIS, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
KAZEEM, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
OPUTA, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
ERASMUS OSAWE AND 2 ORS APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The Appellants applied to the Registrar of Trade Unions to be registered as The Nigerian Unified Teaching Service Workers Union and their application was refused on the ground that a registered trade union- the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions which fulfills and on the Register of Trade Unions the proposed role of the applicants is already in existence, he appellants attacked before the courts below and this court as a breach of their fundamental right entrenched in Section 37 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1979
HELD
APPEAL DISMISSED
ISSUES
None
RATIONES DECIDENDI
POWER OF THE COURT TO DISMISS AN SUIT THAT INFRINGES ON THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF ANY CITIZEN OF NIGERIA
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