THE REPUBLIC vs. MANSO AKWAMU CO. LTD. AND 5 OTHERS; EX PARTE ABOTARE YE SSM GROUP & 8 OTHERS

This ruling is in respect of an application for the attachment of the respondents for contempt of court. Before the instant application, some of the respondents instituted a similar application against the first applicant company and another in a Kumasi High Court presided over by Justice Azumah. When the matter came for hearing, Justice Azumah ordered both sides to desist from entering a property in dispute till the matter is disposed of. The application before him was as a result of a limited injunction granted in favour of the respondents by a Kumasi Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Amo-Yartey. From the wording of the prohibitory order of Justice Azumah, both sides were restrained to await the outcome of the suit at the Circuit Court initiated by the respondent company against the applicants. The applicants are now asserting that the respondents have willfully disobeyed the order of Justice Azumah, given on 17th of November, 2010 and re-emphasized on 30th November, 2010; h...