[2024]DLHC18172 • February 19, 2024 • High Court
THE REPUBLIC vs. ASHITEY ADJEI EX-PARTE; ANTHONY OPARE AKUAMPAH
RULING 1. INTRODUCTION [i] The Applicant herein and the Plaintiff in suit no. LC/107/2022 has filed this present application, seeking to have the Respondent herein and the 2nd Defendant, also in suit no. LC/107/2022 committed for contempt for the following reasons: 2. FACTS OF THE APPLICANT’S CASE [ii] That the Applicant obtained judgment in suit no. LC/107/2022 and subsequently served the entry of judgment on the Respondent herein and the 2nd Defendant in suit no. LC/107/2022. A writ of possession was also granted to the Applicant and consequently, the Deputy Sheriff of the High Court that granted the judgment duly put the Applicant in vacant possession of the disputed plot. Nonetheless, the Respondent herein has entered the disputed plot with his workmen and has started digging a foundation thereon, to commence construction, in total disregard of the judgment of the Court, which included an order for perpetual injunction. [iii] The Respondent is fully aware of the.....