KENNETH KWABENA AGYEI KURANCHIE vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR

RULING KULENDI JSC. INTRODUCTION 1. On the 11th day of December, 2024, this Court dismissed the instant Application for review and deferred its reasoned ruling to a later date which we hereby proceed to deliver: 2. The Applicant seeks a review of the order of the Ordinary Bench dated 17th July, 2024 which obliged his prayer for the withdrawal of his writ invoking our original jurisdiction, which writ had been filed without an accompanying statement of the Plaintiff’s case as required under Rule 46 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1996 (C.I. 16) 3. This defective writ had been pending for well over nine (9) months and consequently, in granting the Applicant’s prayer to withdraw his suit, this Court further ordered that the said withdrawal was “without leave to reapply. Evidently, it is this latter portion of the order that has provoked the filing of the instant application. APPLICANTS CASE: 4. In a seven (7) paragraphed affidavit in support of his appli...