DR. PRINCE OBIRI-KORANG vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL [2024]DLSC17701

Date	2024-07-24
Suit No.	WRIT NO. J1/18/2021
DL Citation No.	[2024]DLSC17701

• BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

• LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC

• AMADUJSC

• KULENDI JSC

• GAEWU JSC

• DARKO ASARE JSC

• ADJEI-FRIMPONG JSC

• LEONARD SEDZRU

• KWAME AMENING KORATENG

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 <main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk146980440"></a><a name="_Hlk146981432">DR. PRINCE OBIRI-KORANG <o:p></o:p></a>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ATTORNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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NO. J1/18/2021&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 24TH JULY, 2024<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

LEONARD SEDZRU FOR
RESPONDENT/ APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

KWAME AMENING KORATENG FOR
APLLICANTS / RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>BAFFOE-BONNIE
JSC (PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC, AMADU JSC<o:p></o:p>KULENDI
JSC, GAEWU JSC, DARKO ASARE JSC, ADJEI-FRIMPONG JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm 0cm;">

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</div>AMADU JSC;<o:p></o:p>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>My
Lords, the preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana 1992,
provides;<o:p></o:p>IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD<o:p></o:p>We the People of Ghana,<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;IN EXERCISE of our natural and inalienable right to
establish a framework of government, which shall secure for ourselves, and
posterity the blessings of liberty, equality of opportunity and prosperity;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;