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Constitutional Application 53/09    L. Uriri with T Mpofu for
the Applicants  legal Summary Supreme Court Ruling Williams-
Mahlangu  F. Chimburu, for the Respondents  The court must be
able to intervene not only against the direct dictates of the
lower court but also against its effects.  In this case it means
that the Court has power to restrain the magistrate and the
third respondent from relying on the decision of the former
refusing the request for referral of the constitutional
questions and commencing the trial of the applicants pending
final determination of the main application because to commence
the trial would tend to negate or render nugatory the judgment
of the court on the main application when it is given.  (a)  
 that the right which is the  subject matter of the main action
and which he seeks to protect by means of interim relief is
clear or if not clear, is prima facie estab