THE REPUBLIC vs. SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL INSURANCE TRUSTAND ATTORNEY GENERAL, EX-PARTE ERNEST THOMPSON

The 1st Respondent is a statutory public body charged by law to administer the National Pension Scheme. The 2nd Respondent is a Minister of State and the principal legal adviser to the Government. The Applicant, until January 20, 2017, was the Director General of the 1st Respondent. It has been appropriately held by the Supreme Court per Adinyira, JSC in the case of R v High Court (Land Division) Accra; Ex-parte Alhassan Ltd (Thaddeus Sory – Interested Party) (2011) SCGLR 478 @ 484 that it is a basic principle of common law that Certiorari and Prohibition would be automatically granted to quash a judgment and to prevent a biased judge from hearing a suit upon satisfactory proof of breach of any principles of the rules of natural justice. The application before me seeks to invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of this court for judicial review in the nature of Certiorari to quash certain reports generated by the 1st Respondent and an Order of Prohibitory Injunction restraining 1st a.....