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CATHERINE NSOR OF VITTIN DABOSHIE
V.
JAMAILA MOHAMMED & 6 ORS

(2023) JELR 111934 (HC)

High Court 12 Oct 2023 Ghana
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- The Applicant, a female trader, alleged that the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Respondents—also traders—falsely accused her of theft, subjected her to severe assault, torture, false imprisonment, and humiliation, in violation of her fundamental human

Case Details

Suit Number:NR/TL/HC/EI3/8/23
Judges:ERIC ANSAH ANKOMAH, J
Counsel:SYLVESTER ISANG FOR APPLICANT IAN AKANTUE FOR SHEIKH ARIF ABDULAH FOR 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD RESPONDENTS
Location:Tamale

JUDGMENT

Background

This is an originating motion on notice filed by the Applicant, a woman in her prime age who is alleged to have suffered severe beatings, torture and humiliation in the hands of the Respondents and their agents on allegation that she had stolen money from the shop of the 1 Respondent.

The application has invoked Article 33 of the 1992 constitution of Ghana as well as Order 67 of High Court Civil Procedure Rules 2004 (C.I. 47) for the Court to enforce the Applicant Fundamental Human Rights and Personal Liberty as against torture and humiliation she purportedly suffered and for damages against her assailants for breach of her rights.

The application is against Seven (7) Respondents named on the originating motion on notice, however the 4, 5 and 6 Respondents were not served with the application and as such the Applicant could not proceed against them since they are not aware of the pendency of the case for them to answer. Even though one lawyer Halid Abdul-Rauf initially…

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