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THE REPUBLIC
V.
THE PRESIDENT (CENTRAL REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS) & 2 ORS EX-PARTE OBREMPONG NYANFUL KRAMPAH XI

(2024) JELR 112978 (SC)

Supreme Court 29 Oct 2024 Ghana
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- The review jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is only available in exceptional circumstances and is not an avenue for correcting appealable errors or trivial matters. - The court's power to review its own decision is limited to situations

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Suit Number:CIVIL MOTION NO. J7/20/2023
Judges:PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING) OWUSU (MS.) JSC AMADU JSC ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC ASIEDU JSC GAEWU JSC ADJEI-FRIMPONG JSC
Counsel:BENEDICT BOSU SIMPSON ESQ. FOR APPLICANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/APPLICANT. ALEXANDER K. K. ABBAN ESQ. FOR 1ST & 2ND RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT. ALEXANDER K. K. ABBAN ESQ. FOR INTERESTED PARTY/APPELLANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.

RULING

INTRODUCTION

(1) My Lords, our special jurisdiction to review decisions of this court pursuant to Article 133 of the 1992 Constitution as settled by this court must be exercised in the most exceptional circumstances within the confines of Rule 54 of the Supreme Court Rules 1996 CI. 16 (as amended). This is to ensure that, parties to a dispute finally determined by this court will not take advantage of our review jurisdiction to reargue their cases under the guise of invoking the review jurisdiction.

(2) The review jurisdiction of this Court is therefore not one which is available to correct “appealable” errors as well as inconsequential or trivial matters which the Applicant urging for the review of a final decision has identified and dissatisfied with how the said matters were resolved.

(3) This special jurisdiction vested in this court to review its previous decision is available in situations where, there are exceptional situations that are so materially foundational to the dec…

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