THE REPUBLIC vs. THE COURT OF APPEAL EX PARTE EAST DADEKOTOPON DEVELOPMENT TRUST AND THE DIRECTOR, SURVEY DIVISION LANDS COMMISSION

ANIN YEBOAH, JSC: On the 23rd of July, 2015 we dismissed this application and reserved our reasons which we proceed to deliver. The applicant herein has invoked the supervisory jurisdiction of this court to quash the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Accra, dated the 13th of March 2014. The facts of this application appear to be devoid of any controversy and are fully captured in the affidavit of one Emmanuel Odoi Yemo the chairman of the applicant trust sworn to on the 11th of June 2014. The said deponent, Emmanuel Odoi Yemo, in the affidavit in support of this application has deposed to the fact that on 30/07/2012 the applicant filed a motion to commit the Interested Party herein for contempt of court before the High Court, Accra. The first respondent in the said contempt proceedings, one Samuel Quaye Tawiah filed an affidavit in opposition to the motion and sought to challenge the capacity of the applicant herein. The other respondent did not file any process upon service on ...