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REPUBLIC
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VOLTA REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS JUDICIAL COMMITTEE; EX PARTE ASSOR II

(1975) JELR 84733 (HC)

High Court 22 Jul 1975 Ghana
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- The court granted an order of prohibition restraining the Volta Regional House of Chiefs from proceeding further with the substantive matter pending the determination of an appeal to the National House of Chiefs. - Key legal principle: Wh

Case Details

Judges:ANDOH J.
Counsel:E. D. Kom for the applicants. I . N. K. Wuaku for the respondents.
Location:Ho
Other Citations:[1975] 2 GLR 243-246

JUDGEMENT

ANDOH J.

The Judicial Committee of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs having caused hearing notices to be served on the parties herein for further hearing of the constitutional matter before it, in spite of an appeal against an interlocutory order made by it, is challenged in these proceedings by an order of prohibition directing it to stay the threat to resume the proceedings pending the hearing of the appeal to the National House of Chiefs.

The sole issue therefore is whether the court in its supervisory jurisdiction over inferior tribunals ought to grant the stay of proceedings by an order of prohibition in view of the appeal against the interlocutory order of the Judicial Committee of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs to the National House of Chiefs.

At the hearing before the Judicial Committee of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, counsel for the applicants were permitted to argue some preliminary points of law including estoppel per rem judicatam. It is to be observed t…

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