Decision on the Issue of Jurisdiction In its judgment, the FHC held that the TAT did not have the jurisdiction to entertain and decide matters pertaining to the revenues of the FGN. 250 Appointment of Chief Judge and Judges of the federal high Court. C - The Federal High Court 249 Establishment of the Federal High Court. The decision of the Court on this point was anchored on section 251 (1) (a) & 4 Fundamental objective. 46 1. 1 Revocation of Civil Procedure Rules 2000. 6 Meaning of other words. The Federal Revenue Court (as Federal High Court was then called) was established by the Federal Revenue Act 1973 (1973 No.13). Later on, in Tukur v. Government of Gongola State2 the Supreme Court of Nigeria per Obaseki JSC (as he then was), in a seemingly contradictory judg- Bureau of Public Enterprises (2010) 7 NWLR (Pt. 194) 538), which limited the jurisdiction of the NIC and placed it at par with the jurisdictions of the Federal High Court, the State High Court and the High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have ceased to have validity of law. An Act to amend the Federal High Court Act, CAP 134, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990 so as to make provision for an increase in the number of Judges of the Federal High Court. Federal High Court with e xclusive jurisdiction over certain causes including Federal Government revenue. FEDERAL HIGH COURT (CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2009 ARRANGEMENTOF RULES ORDER 1 REVOCATION, CITATION, SAVINGS, ETC. The causes over which the F ederal H igh C ourt would have jurisdiction were further set out in the amendment to the Federal High Court Decree (Amendment) of 1991, wherein section 7 of the Federal High Court Decree was amended Federal Government of Nigeria (âFGNâ) or the taxation of companies. 3 Savings: part-heard matters, etc. 5 Interpretation. The Federal High Court Act (in this Act called "the Principal Act") is Wema Bank Ltd1; the Supreme Court of Nigeria held that both the federal high court and the state high court had concurrent jurisdiction in case of enforcement of fundamental right allegedly violated. 251 Jurisdiction 252 Powers 253 Constitution. ORDER 2 2 Citation and commencement. JURISDICTION â Federal High Court â Sections 74 and 149 of the 1979 Constitution â Whether derogates from jurisdiction thereof. sphere of authority like the Federal High Court, the State High Court and the High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. 254 Practice and procedure D - The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja 255 Establishment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. ANUNOBI V. OBIWELOZO The Court was renamed the âFederal High Courtâ by Section 228 (1) and 230 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1979. However, by virtue of section 254C (1), its jurisdiction isexclusive to it and cannot be concurrently exercised or shared among the other High Courts in the same pedestal of authority or power. JURISDICTION â Federal High Court- Jurisdiction thereof in respect of revenue of the Federal Government â Meaning of ârevenueâ in section 7(1) (a) of the Federal High Court Act, 1973. Amendment of the Federal High Court Act Cap 134 LFN 1993 No. States High Courts The States High Courts in Nigeria encompassing both North and South have jurisdiction in criminal cases in the same manner as the High Court of Justice in England.11 Section 272(1) of the Constitution provides with respect to the judicial powers of the State High Court thus: Subject to the provisions of Section 251 and other The argument of the plaintiff that the Federal High Court has jurisdiction all over Nigeria was jettisoned as the Court ruled that the new rules of court has not changed the position of law as MV Arabella, though decided on the old rules, is still the subsisting decision of the highest court.