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THE REPUBLIC
V.
THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA EX-PARTE: WILLIAM ADDAE-ATCHEWEREBUO AND OTHERS, INTERESTED PARTIES; DAASEBRE ASARE BAAH III AND OTHERS

(2010) JELR 67538 (SC)

Supreme Court 11 Feb 2010 Ghana
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- The applicants, who are elected assembly members, brought an application to the Supreme Court seeking to quash an interlocutory injunction order and prohibit the High Court from continuing jurisdiction in a suit. - The grounds for the app

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL MOTION NO. J5/26/2009
Judges:WOOD (MRS) CJ (PRESIDING), ANSAH JSC, OWUSU (MS) JSC, DOTSE JSC, ANIN YEBOAH JSC
Counsel:JOHN A. NDEBUGRE ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANTS; AKWASI BOSOMPEM ESQ. FOR THE INTERESTED PARTIES., CLARENCE KUWORNU C.S.A. FOR THE 1ST THIRD PARTY.

RULING

DOTSE, JSC

On the 15th day of June, 2009, the Applicants herein, describing themselves variously as the elected Assembly members for the Tepo, Tepa-Manya, Akposo-Kabo and Bowiri Amanfrom electoral areas in the Jasikan District of the Volta Region of the Republic of Ghana respectively, brought the instant application seeking to invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court for certiorari and prohibition directed at the High Court Accra then presided over by Mrs. Justice Agyeman Bempah for the following reliefs:

i. To quash the order of interlocutory injunction of the court dated 13th day of May, 2009 as well as other proceedings giving rise thereto, and

ii. To prohibit the said High Court from continuing to exercise jurisdiction in the suit in which the order of interlocutory injunction was made, namely suit No. BMISC. 373/2008 titled Daasabre Asare Baah III and four others v. The Attorney-General and Another.

The grounds upon which the application has been based can brief…

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