[2000]DLSC2347November 8, 2000Supreme Court

JOSEPH KOTEY vs. PETER KOFI KOLETEY

RULING MRS. J. BAMFORD-ADDO, J.S.C.: This is a motion for special leave to a Appeal to the Supreme Court under Article 131(2) of the 1992 Constitution. The Appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court can be found in Article 131 clauses (1) and 2 thereof which provides as follows: "Article 131.(1) An appeal shall be from a Judgment of the Court of Appeal to the supreme Court— (a) as of right in a civil or criminal cause or matter, in respect of which an appeal has been brought to the Court of Appeal from a judgment of the High Court or a Regional Tribunal in the exercise of its original jurisdiction; or (b) with leave of the Court of Appeal, in any other cause or matter, where the case was commenced in a Court lower than the High Court or a Regional Tribunal and where the Court of Appeal is satisfied that the case involves a substantial question of law or is in the public interest. (2) Notwithstanding clause (1) of this Article the Supreme Court may entertain an application for.....