27 Judgment No. CCZ 3/18 Constitutional Application No. CCZ 15/18 The first and second respondents prayed that the application for direct access be dismissed with no order as to costs. The third respondent had adopted a different position on costs because of the plea of res judicata raised against the applicants. Now that the special plea has not been upheld, there is no good reason for treating the third respondent differently from the other respondents on the question of costs. The order given is consistent with the general principle on the question of the award of costs in constitutional litigation where the State is the successful party. DISPOSITION In the result the following order is made: “The application for direct access to the Court is dismissed with no order as to costs.” Civil Division of the Attorney General’s Office, first respondent’s legal practitioners Chihambakwe Mutizwa and Partners, second respondent’s legal practitioners Nyika, Kanengoni and Partners, third respondent’s legal practitioners