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REPUBLIC
V.
CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN; EX PARTE BARIMAH II AND ANOTHER

(1968) JELR 83507 (HC)

High Court 26 Nov 1968 Ghana
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Judges:ANNAN J.
Counsel:A. Appiah-Menkah for the applicant. K. A. Sakyi for the respondent.
Location:Kumasi
Other Citations:[1968] GLR 1050 - 1057

RULING

ANNAN J.

The applicant in these consolidated motions for orders of certiorari and prohibition is the Adansihene Nana Kwantwi Barimah II and the respondent is Dr. de Graft Johnson who is the chairman of a constitutional committee now inquiring into destoolment charges preferred against the Adansihene by two complainants, Nana Techie Mensah II, Kyidomhene of Fomena and Nana Asiedu Bonkuo, Nifahene of Fomena. The committee was set up under the Chieftaincy Act, 1961 (Act 81).

The orders or rulings of the committee sought to be quashed are set down in the motion as:

"(1) The order or ruling dated 2 October 1968 to the effect that the complainants herein have the customary capacity and the statutory capacity by themselves alone to prefer destoolment charges against the Adansihene.

(2) The order or ruling dated 3 October 1968 to the effect that because the National Liberation Council (N.L.C.) per the Chieftaincy Secretariat had appointed Dr. de Graft Johnson to be the chairman his position…

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