REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, ACCRA; EX PARTE PUPLAMPU I

This is an application by Nene Buernortey Puplampu I, divisional chief of the Adibiawe Division of the Ada Traditional Area for an order of certiorari to bring up and quash: (1) “The ruling of Lutterodt J dated 17 July 1990 in suit No 1747/1988 in the High Court, Accra, entitled: Republic v. Judicial Tribunal of the National House of Chiefs and Jonathan Kabu Dorkutso otherwise Nene Abram Kabu Akuaku III. (2) In the alternative, an order for an extension of time to apply for such order of certiorari.” Sometime in 1978 the applicant brought an action against the second respondent before the judicial committee of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs at Dodowa. During the pendency of the suit, an application for an interim injunction was brought and the ruling given against the applicant who appealed to the National House of Chiefs. The applicant says that despite his interlocutory appeal to the National House of Chiefs, the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs went on to hear the subs...