THE REPUBLIC vs. ASAMOAH THADDENS & OTHER; EX PARTE KWAME GYASI

This ruling is as a result of an application brought before this court by the plaintiff/applicant, describing himself as the head of the Royal Asene family of Odumasi, against the defendant/respondents who are said to be principal members of the family of one Nana Joseph Yaw Donkor, deceased, for contempt of court. I shall hereafter refer to the parties as the applicant and respondents respectively. The applicant had earlier caused to be issued a writ of summons at the Kumasi Circuit court, presided over by His Honour Amo-Yartey, praying for an order to stop the defendants from performing the funeral rites of late Nana Joseph Yaw Donkor until the burial and funeral rites of the late queenmother of Odumasi have been performed and an order for injunction to restrain the respondents in that regard. The following day after the filing of the writ, the applicant was granted an interim injunction based on an ex parte application restraining the respondents from performing the said final f...