REPUBLIC vs. COURT OF APPEAL EXPARTE: ATOURNEY GENERAL [1998]DLSC16015

Date	1998-12-02
Suit No.	[I998-99] SCGLR
Citation No.	[1998]DLSC16015

EDWARD WIREDU JSC

KPEGAH JSC

ADJABENG ATUGUBA JCS

SOPHIAAKUFFO JSC.

HON MARTIN AMIDU

DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL WITH HIM MIKE AFRIYIE PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY FOR APPLICANT

RAY KAKRABA-QUARSHIE FOR INTERESTED PARTY

[1998]DLSC16015
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>COURT OF APPEAL <o:p></o:p>EXPARTE: ATOURNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT,
ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[I998-99] SCGLR<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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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DATE: 2ND DECEMBER 1998<o:p></o:p>

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HON MARTIN AMIDU,
DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL WITH HIM MIKE AFRIYIE, PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY FOR
APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>

RAY KAKRABA-QUARSHIE
FOR INTERESTED PARTY<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>EDWARD WIREDU JSC, KPEGAH JSC, ADJABENG ATUGUBA JCS, SOPHIAAKUFFO 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 0in;">

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EDWARD WIREDU JSC. The Attorney-General, the applicant in this
application, shall hereafter be referred to simply as the applicant, while the interested party (Mr Frank Benneh) will also hereafter be referred to simply
as the accused person.<o:p></o:p>The application is for an order of certiorari to quash the proceedings
and orders of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) dated 20, 22
and 27 July 1998 on the grounds that they are a
nullity. The grounds urged in
support of the application are as follows:<o:p></o:p><img width="1" height="181" src="file:///C:/Users/USER/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026">“ (1) the court acted without jurisdiction in purporting to entertain a petition of appeal dated 8 July 1998 filed in the Registry of the
Court
of Appeal against
the refusal of the regional tribunal to grant bail, and a motion
filed in the Registry