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THE REPUBLIC
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THE DISTRICT COURT EX PARTE ADAM BAWA GUNTA AND OTHERS

(2018) JELR 64826 (HC)

High Court 14 Nov 2018 Ghana
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- The applicants have invoked the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court to seek judicial review of the decision of the District Magistrate. - The applicants are seeking a declaration that the District Court exceeded its jurisdiction by

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Suit Number:SUIT NO. GJ/1303/2108
Judges:ERIC K. BAFFOUR ESQ.JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

BAFFOUR, J.

Applicants have invoked the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court coming under Order 55 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Procedure Rules, C.I 47 for orders for judicial review of the decision of the District Magistrate dated the 9th of May, 2018. More specifically the Applicants seeks the following reliefs from the court:

i. A declaration that the District Court exceeded its jurisdiction when it ordered Applicants to be remanded in prison custody for safe keeping even though this court had already granted me bail pending trial.

ii. An order of certiorari bringing up into this court for purposes of being quashed and quashing the order of the District Court that I myself and three other Applicants be remanded in prison custody for safe keeping.

The basis for the invocation of the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court by the Applicants have been set out in the various affidavits of Adam Bawa Gunta, Mohammed Issah and Yakubu Ibrahim that accompanied the application. …

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