THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT ACCRA EXPARTE:- ROSEMARY ASIEDU AND EUGENE KWAKU QUAYSON

GBADEGBE JSC: We have before us a notice of motion that seeks an order of judicial review in the nature of certiorari in respect of the order of the High Court presided over by Owusu Gyamfi J that allowed in favor of the interested party an application for attachment for contempt of the bodies of the applicants herein. Before us in these proceedings, several grounds were urged in support of the instant application as follows: 1. That the court below had no jurisdiction to utilize the process of a motion for contempt of court to grant an order of ejection or recovery of possession of the property in question against the applicants herein when the substantive matrimonial cause between the 1st applicant herein and the interested party herein is still pending before another court of co -ordinate jurisdiction. 2. The court below had no power to use the process of contempt of court to make a substantive order of ejection against the applicants herein in respect of the premises owned by ...