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THE REPUBLIC
V.
DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, ACCRA CENTRAL, EX PARTE FELICIA MERLEY BOYE, ENOCH BRUCE NETTEY-INTERESTED PARTY

(2017) JELR 66099 (HC)

High Court 13 Sep 2017 Ghana
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- This is an application for judicial review brought under Order 55 Rules 2 and 7 of the High Court (Civil Procedure), 2004 (CI 47) to quash the ruling of the District Magistrate, Accra Central. - The Applicant and her sister filed a Writ o

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. CR/172/2017
Judges:KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT
Counsel:MR. FRANCIS K. YEBOAH FOR THE APPLICANT ,MR. ABDUL GAFAR ABORDO FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY

DECISION

ACKAAH-BOAFO J.

APPLICATION ON NOTICE FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW

Introduction/Overview:

[1] This is an application brought under Order 55 Rules 2 and 7 of the High Court (Civil Procedure), 2004 (CI 47) invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this court for judicial review in the nature of Certiorari to quash the ruling of the District Magistrate, Accra Central dated January 25, 2017.

[2] By Order 55 Rule 1 of CI 47 an application for:

(a) An order in the nature of Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari or Quo Warranto; or

(b) An injunction restraining a person from acting in any public office in which the person is not entitled to act; or

(c) Any other injunction shall be made by way of an application for judicial review to the High Court.

[3] The Supreme Court per Adinyira JSC aptly stated the law that it is a basic principle of common law that Certiorari and Prohibition would be automatically granted to quash a judgment and to prevent a biased judge from hearing a suit upon satisfactory proof …

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