Munir Zulu v Attorney General and Chibwili (Appeal No. 23/2025; SCZ/8/11/2025) (13 March 2026) – ZambiaLII

1. [Home](/) 2. [Judgments](/judgments/) 3. [Supreme Court of Zambia](/judgments/ZMSC/) 4. [2026](/judgments/ZMSC/2026/) # Munir Zulu v Attorney General and Chibwili (Appeal No. 23/2025; SCZ/8/11/2025) [2026] ZMSC 7 (13 March 2026) [ Share this document on WhatsApp opens in new tab __](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=https://zambialii.org/akn/zm/judgment/zmsc/2026/7/eng@2026-03-13) [ Share this document on X opens in new tab __](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=https://zambialii.org/akn/zm/judgment/zmsc/2026/7/eng@2026-03-13) [ Share this document on Facebook opens in new tab __](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://zambialii.org/akn/zm/judgment/zmsc/2026/7/eng@2026-03-13) [ Share this document on LinkedIn opens in new tab __](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://zambialii.org/akn/zm/judgment/zmsc/2026/7/eng@2026-03-13) [ Share this document by email __](mailto:?subject=Take a look at this document from ZambiaLII: Munir Zulu v Attorney General and Chibwili …&body=https://zambialii.org/akn/zm/judgment/zmsc/2026/7/eng@2026-03-13) [ Download PDF (3.0 MB) ](/akn/zm/judgment/zmsc/2026/7/eng@2026-03-13/source) Report a problem __ * Share * [ Download PDF (3.0 MB) ](/akn/zm/judgment/zmsc/2026/7/eng@2026-03-13/source) * * * * * Report a problem __ ##### Munir Zulu v Attorney General and Chibwili (Appeal No. 23/2025; SCZ/8/11/2025) [2026] ZMSC 7 (13 March 2026) Copy citation * __Document detail * __Related documents Citation Munir Zulu v Attorney General and Chibwili (Appeal No. 23/2025; SCZ/8/11/2025) [2026] ZMSC 7 (13 March 2026) Copy Media Neutral Citation [2026] ZMSC 7 Copy Hearing date 14 November 2025 Court [Supreme Court of Zambia](/judgments/ZMSC/) Case number Appeal No. 23/2025 ; SCZ/8/11/2025 Judges [Musonda DCJ](/judgments/all/?judges=Musonda%20DCJ), [Mutuna JJS](/judgments/all/?judges=Mutuna%20JJS), [Chisanga JJS](/judgments/all/?judges=Chisanga%20JJS) Judgment date 13 March 2026 Language English Summary High Court erred by deciding a petition not before it and failing to rule on the applicant's stay application. ###### Flynote * Constitutional law — parliamentary privilege and alleged immunity from criminal prosecution; Civil procedure — jurisdiction and competence to decide matters not formally before the court; Procedural fairness — judge’s misdirection in deciding unargued issues; Remittal to cure failure to determine application heard. Read full summary __ ##### Ask AI Ask questions and understand this document faster using AI. __Ask AI * * * Skip to document content Summary Pages Search High Court erred by deciding a petition not before it and failing to rule on the applicant's stay application. ###### Flynote * Constitutional law — parliamentary privilege and alleged immunity from criminal prosecution; Civil procedure — jurisdiction and competence to decide matters not formally before the court; Procedural fairness — judge’s misdirection in deciding unargued issues; Remittal to cure failure to determine application heard. **Loading PDF...** This document is 3.0 MB. Do you want to load it? Load document ##### Error loading PDF Try reloading the page or downloading the PDF. Reload page [Download PDF](/akn/zm/judgment/zmsc/2026/7/eng@2026-03-13/source.pdf) Error: #### __Related documents ▲ To the top >