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THE REPUBLIC
V.
DORMAA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL

(2025) JELR 115329 (HC)

High Court 9 Jul 2025 Ghana
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- Applicant sought an order of contempt against the Dormaa Traditional Council (Respondent) under Order 50 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I 47), Section 36(1) of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459), and Article 126(2) of the

Case Details

Suit Number:CA/015/2025
Judges:WINNIE AMOATEY-OWUSU J.
Counsel:DAVID ORLEANS ODURO, ESQ., HOLDING BRIEF FOR ANDREW ODURO, ESQ., FOR THE APPLICANT NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE RESPONDENT
Location:Sunyani

JUDGMENT

The Applicant through his counsel filed the instant application on notice on 15th January 2025 praying the Court for an order of contempt to issue against the Respondent for its failure to comply with the Court’s orders made on 21st May 2024 and directed to it. The application is brought under Order 50 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I 47), Section 36 (1) of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459) and Article 126 (2) of the 1992 Constitution and supported with a 19-paragraph affidavit deposed to by the Applicant.

The Applicant states he has the power, consent and authority of the Nziah Akpau and Ngessah Kwaku Royal Families of Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West Municipality in the Bono Region to depose to the affidavit on their behalf as the facts are well within his personal knowledge and belief. He attached as Exhibit ‘A’, a Power of Attorney. The pith of the Applicant’s case is that he issued a petition against Nana Buru Yaa Assamala (Obaapanin of Nkrankwanta), Cosmos …

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