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THE REPUBLIC
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THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE, GA TRAD’NAL COUNCIL (RS’DENT) EX PARTE: SHERIFF NII OTO DODOO GROUP (APPLICANT) NII AMO BEESHEO AND 6 OTHERS

(2019) JELR 64516 (HC)

High Court 20 Feb 2019 Ghana
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- This is an application for leave to extend time to invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of the court for judicial review in the nature of Certiorari to quash a ruling of the Ga Traditional Council. - The applicant claims that the ruling re

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Suit Number:SUIT NO: GJ/1224/2018
Judges:HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO
Counsel:FRANCIS OSEI NSIAH FOR THE RESPONDENT ,ALEX GYAMFI FOR THE INTERESTED PARTIES

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ACKAAH-BOAFO, J.

i. Introduction/Overview:

[1] This is an application brought under Order 80 Rule 4 (1) and Order 55 Rule 4 (1) of the High Court (Civil Procedure), 2004 (CI 47) for leave to extend time to invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of this court for judicial review in the nature of Certiorari to quash the Ruling of the Judicial Committee of the Ga Traditional Council dated April 20, 2016 on grounds of want of jurisdiction, excess of jurisdiction, illegality and nullity.

[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 automatical…

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