[2020]DLSC9895October 14, 2020Supreme Court

REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION), ACCRA EX PARTE: KENNEDY OHENE AGYAPONG & SUSAN BANDOH

JUDGMENT BY KULENDI, JSC:- On the 17th day of September, 2020, the Applicant herein filed a motion on notice invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court on an application for orders of Prohibition and Certiorari directed at His Lordship, Justice Amos Wuntah Wuni. On the 14th day of October, 2020, after carefully reviewing the processes filed together with the oral submissions by Counsel for the Applicant and Respondent, this Court by a unanimous decision, issued the following orders: “1.The Court is unable to grant the Applicant’s application for certiorari to quash the order of Wuntah Wuni J. directing the Applicant to appear before the High Court to answer contempt charges in the terms prayed. The Court is of the view that the alleged conduct of the Applicant, if proven against him scandalizes the Court and brings the Administration of Justice into disrepute and will therefore ground the charge of contempt. The application for certiorari in the terms prayed is there...