THE REPUBLIC vs. YAW BRAH EX PARTE:RUBBER PLANTATIONS (GHANA) LIMITED

JUDGMENT On 17th July 2020, the applicant through its counsel filed a motion under Order 50 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, C.I. 47 for an Order for contempt against the respondent who is the 9th defendant in the suit entitled: SUIT NO. C1/08/2012, RUBBER PLANTATIONS (GHANA) LIMITED vrs NANA KWESI ASIEDU & 8 ORS, for cutting down or demolishing several trees of the rubber plantation while the plantation is a subject matter of a suit pending before the court and which said conduct of the respondent amounts to disrespect for the dignity of the court, a wilful and contemptuous act intended to prejudice the outcome of the suit pending before the court. FACTS OF THE CASE The applicant deposed that the applicant commenced an action against respondent and 8 other defendants in the suit mentioned supra which is pending before the court as per Exhibit A. The suit got to the Application for Directions stage and a surveyor was to be appointed to submit a report as per Exhibit B ser...