JUDGMENT
GBADEGBE JSC
The simple question for our decision turning on the application before us for judicial review in the nature of certiorari is whether the learned trial judge of the High Court acted within jurisdiction when he made an order on February 08, 2016 that the applicant (a defendant to the action before the trial High Court) to give bail for his appearance in a civil action by virtue of Order 73 of the High Court (Civil Procedure Rules), CI 16. From the impugned order, which appears at page 1 of what is loosely described as Exhibit “A” series, the learned trial judge did not as required by the rules afford the applicant, the opportunity of showing cause why he should not provide good and sufficient cause for his appearance in the action. The obligation imposed on the learned trial judge is expressed in the following words of Order 73 rule 1 sub-rule (2) and rule (2) thus:
1. (2). “Where the court is satisfied that the provisions in paragraph (a) or (b) of sub-rule (1) have …