[2012]DLSC2609 • February 15, 2012 • Supreme Court •
THE REPUBLIC vs. NII ADAMAH THOMPSON AND OTHERS EX-PARTE NII TETTEH AHINAKWAH II
The case originated from a dispute adjudicated by the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, which on 17 February 2003 ordered the Applicants to hand over the stool regalia of the Gbese Stool to the Respondent. The Applicants failed or refused to comply, leading to their conviction for contempt by the High Court, Accra. Their appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed unanimously. The Applicants then filed an appeal to the Supreme Court and sought leave to file additional grounds of appeal, extend time to amend their statement of case, and to adduce fresh evidence.
read moreDOTSE,J.S.C. In their application, filed on the 2nd day of September 2011 the applicants herein seek the following reliefs: i. Leave to file additional grounds of appeal, ii. Leave for extension of time to file amended statement of case and iii. Leave to adduce fresh evidence BACKGROUND FACTS The application herein has its genesis in an action which commenced in the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs. In that action judgment was delivered on the 17th day of February 2003, in favour of the respondent herein which inter alia, ordered the Applicants herein to handover stool regalia of the Gbese Stool to the Respondents. Following the failure and or refusal of the applicants herein to comply with the orders of the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs to deliver the stool regalia, the respondent herein, took steps to have them committed for contempt of court. The High Court, Accra presided over by Dzakpasu J accordingly convi...