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THE REPUBLIC
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HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION 4), ACCRA , EX PARTE: MASUD IBRAHIM , GOLDEN EXOTICS LIMITED & 2 ORS

(2025) JELR 114264 (SC)

Supreme Court 20 May 2025 Ghana
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- The applicant, after being arrested and summarily convicted of contempt by the High Court (Land Division, Accra) in Golden Exotics Ltd v Naa Kordei II & Ors, sought certiorari and prohibition orders from the Supreme Court challenging the

Case Details

Suit Number:J5/31/2025
Judges:BAFFOE BONNIE, AG. CJ (PRESIDING), LOVELACE – JOHNSON (MS.), JSC AMADU, JSC, KWOFIE, JSC, ADJEI-FRIMPONG, JSC
Counsel:JUSTIN PWAVRA TERIWAJAH ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANT. NANCY DAKWA AMPOFO ESQ. FOR THE 1ST INTERESTED PARTY WITH NII AMARH NAMOALE, ANGELA VANDAPUAYE & EMMANUELA NAMOALE DAVID KWAKU WORWUI-BROWN ESQ. FOR THE 2ND & 3RD INTERESTED PARTIES.
Location:Accra

RULING

ADJEI-FRIMPONG, JSC:

This application is a progeny of land suit No. LD/0165/2023, intituled GOLDEN EXOTICS LIMITED VRS NAA KORDEI II a.k.a. OPHELIA ASHAMI SAI AND OTHERS pending in the High Court, Land Division, Accra (the Trial Court). Following an allegation that certain persons, including the Applicant and the 3rd Interested Party, aware of the pending suit, were on the land using heavy equipment and armed guards to win sand, a contempt application was mounted in the trial court. The 1st Interested Party filed the said application. Events subsequent to the filing of the contempt application, have resulted in this application invoking this Court’s supervisory jurisdiction.

According to the applicant, he was never served with the contempt application. In fact, he was not specifically named in the application. He appeared to have been described in the title of the application as “Director of Operations of Commanex Investment Ltd”. This designation was listed as the 5th Respondent …

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