The judiciary has announced the commencement of the annual court vacation.
The Judiciary Chief Registrar Agnes Alum said during a media interaction in Kampala that starting today July, 15 until August, 15, the High Court and Magistrate courts will be on a month-long vacation.
She said that on the other hand, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal will between August, 1 and 31 also go on vacation.
“During this period, all court registries across the country will remain open and operate normally to facilitate the filing of new cases and other registry-related activities,” Alum said.
She noted that the court vacation is provided for under the Judicature Rules, Statutory Instrument 13-20 and marks the end of one court term and the beginning of another and usually affects civil cases.
“It is intended to allow judicial officers to focus on writing pending judgments and rulings, weeding out inactive cases from the system, reviewing work from the previous period, and planning for the next period,” Alum said.
