REPUBLIC
V.
THE PRESIDENT, BUEM TRADITIONAL COUNCIL, EX PARTE ISUKU II

(1987) JELR 69874 (HC)

High Court · 20 Jan 1987 · Ghana
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[1991] 1 GLR 455

CORAM

FARKYE J.

Core Terms ^Beta

applicant

section

judicial committee

october

traditional council

members of the judicial committee

order of certiorari

application

appointment of the members of the judicial committee

body

judicial committee of the buem traditional council

suit no.1

administrative matter

akuapim traditional council

buem traditional council

ex parte nyarko iii

judgment of the judicial committee of the buem traditional council

members

members of a judicial committee

administrative action

atkin l.j

buem traditional area

candid opinion

case of the applicant

chief of akpafu-todzi

chieftaincy act

de smith’s judicial review

electricity commissioners

ex parte nana obeng akrofi

farkye j.

final analysis

important point

individual person

judgment of the judicial committee

judicial committee members

learned counsel

legal authority

meeting of the traditional council

nana oyete akuamoah ii

office of igra-kpakpa akpafu-todzi

only statutory tribunal

paramount chief of akpafu traditional area

parte judgment

purported appointment of the judicial committee

question of validity of the appointment

said jurisdiction

short statement of facts

traditional councils regulations

valid judicial committee

FARKYE J.: Having obtained leave on 14 October 1986 to apply for an order of certiorari to quash the judgment of the judicial committee of the Buem Traditional Council dated 2 September 1986 in suit No.1/86, the applicant commenced these proceedings by motion on notice against the judicial committee of the Buem Traditional Council on 20 October 1986.

The short statement of facts which led to this application is that on or about 6 May 1986, Nana Oyete Akuamoah II, paramount chief of Akpafu Traditional Area, the respondent in this suit; and Nana Agyagbo, chief of Akpafu-Todzi initiated action against the applicant herein and eleven others before the judicial committee of the Buem Traditional Council at Buem. The judicial committee gave judgment against the applicant and the eleven others and the applicant applied to this court for an order of certiorari to quash the proceedings and judgment of the judicial committee dated 2 September 1986 in suit No. 1/86 because the purported judicial c…

REPUBLIC V. THE PRESIDENT, BUEM TRADITIONAL COUNCIL, EX PARTE ISUKU II

REPUBLIC
V.
THE PRESIDENT, BUEM TRADITIONAL COUNCIL, EX PARTE ISUKU II