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    "timestamp": "2026-10-14 07:25:42",
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            {
                "id": "jdg-2026-001",
                "citation": "[2026] SZHC 142",
                "caseNumber": "HC 312/2025",
                "title": "Eswatini Electricity Company v Minister of Natural Resources & Others",
                "division": "High Court",
                "judgeName": "Justice M. Dlamini",
                "dateDelivered": "2026-07-28",
                "summary": "Administrative review of statutory tariff decisions; applicability of audi alteram partem principle in regulatory pricing disputes.",
                "headnotes": [
                    "Administrative Law - Judicial Review",
                    "Natural Justice - Right to be Heard",
                    "Public Utilities Regulation"
                ],
                "fullText": "IN THE HIGH COURT OF ESWATINI\nHELD AT MBABANE\nCase No: HC 312/2025\n\nIn the matter between:\nESWATINI ELECTRICITY COMPANY (Applicant)\nand\nMINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES & ENERGY (1st Respondent)\nESWATINI ENERGY REGULATORY AUTHORITY (2nd Respondent)\n\nCORAM: Justice M. Dlamini\nDATE OF HEARING: 12 June 2026\nDATE OF JUDGMENT: 28 July 2026\n\nJUDGMENT:\n1. The Applicant approaches this Court seeking an order to review and set aside the directive of the 1st Respondent concerning multi-year tariff adjustments.\n2. Having considered the extensive pleadings, statutory provisions of the Energy Act, and constitutional guarantees of administrative fairness, the Court finds in favor of the Applicant.\n3. The directive is hereby set aside with costs.",
                "status": "Published",
                "category": "Constitutional",
                "keywords": [
                    "Tariffs",
                    "Audi Alteram Partem",
                    "Regulatory",
                    "Review"
                ],
                "isVerified": true,
                "verifiedBy": "Registrar High Court"
            },
            {
                "id": "jdg-2026-002",
                "citation": "[2026] SZSC 88",
                "caseNumber": "SC 14/2025",
                "title": "Commissioner General (Eswatini Revenue Authority) v Standard Bank Eswatini Ltd",
                "division": "Supreme Court",
                "judgeName": "Chief Justice & Justices of Appeal",
                "dateDelivered": "2026-06-15",
                "summary": "Corporate income tax deduction on cross-border financial guarantees; interpretation of double taxation agreements.",
                "headnotes": [
                    "Taxation - Corporate Tax Deductions",
                    "Statutory Interpretation",
                    "Double Taxation Agreements"
                ],
                "fullText": "IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ESWATINI\nAppeal No: SC 14/2025\n\nJUDGMENT OF THE COURT:\nThe appeal is dismissed with costs on the ordinary scale.",
                "status": "Published",
                "category": "Taxation",
                "keywords": [
                    "Income Tax",
                    "DTA",
                    "Banking",
                    "Revenue"
                ],
                "isVerified": true,
                "verifiedBy": "Supreme Court Registry"
            }
        ]
    }
}