THE REPUBLIC vs. KOBINA EBO & 3 ORS

JUDGMENT INTRODUCTION: The Applicant, Abusuapanyin Kow Kwaasah of Koful in the K. E. E. A Municipality has brought this contempt application to vindicate the due administration of justice. He accuses the Respondents of breaking the law by willfully engaging in conduct intended to obstruct or interfere in the due administration of justice and thereby bringing same into disrepute. The Applicant argues that the conduct of the Respondents is not only disrespectful to the Court but that same is a calculated attempt to undermine the authority of the Court. Although contempt of Court has not been specifically enacted, it nevertheless forms part of their inherent jurisdiction for the protection of the integrity and authority of the Courts from improper interference in the due administration of justice. In the case of Republic Vrs. Mensa-Bonsu & Ors [1994-95] 1GBR 131-281 SC, the Supreme opined that “there are two kinds of contempt; criminal contempt which consists in acts tending to obs.....