Luke Malaba (born 15 May 1951) is a Zimbabwean judge and the current Chief Justice of Zimbabwe since March 2017.
[4] The Chief Justice, in a unanimous Supreme Court decision in August 2018, concurred with the other eight justices of the court, in a ruling that president Emmerson Mnangagwa's July 2018 election was lawfully conducted, and had "complied with prescribed procedures", dismissing the political opposition's claims to the contrary.
[7] On 15 May 2021 the High Court of Zimbabwe retired Malaba as the chief justice and ruled his extension of office was unconstitutional.
[9] The effort to keep him in office was likely sponsored by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, as Malaba had made two significant rulings in his favour.
Firstly, he had legitimised the coup that had ousted Robert Mugabe,[10] and secondly, he had quashed a legal challenge to the outcome of the 2018 Zimbabwean general election.