JUSTICE (NO1) vs. ATTORNEY-GENERAL [1999]DLSC16012

Date	1999-06-23
Suit No.	[1971] 1 GLR 130-133
Citation No.	[1999]DLSC16012

CHARLES HAYFRON-BENJAMIN JSC

AMPIAH JSC

ADJABEN ATUGUBA JSC

SOPHIA AKUFFO JSC

EK OFOSU-QUARTEY FOR PLAINTIFF

HON MARTIN A BK AMIDU DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL

WITH HIM MRS BETTY MOULD-JDDRISU

CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT

[1999]DLSC16012
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JUSTICE (NO1)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>ATTORNEY-GENERAL<o:p></o:p>

[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

[1971]
1 GLR 130-133<o:p></o:p>

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DATE: 23RD JUNE 1999<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

EK OFOSU-QUARTEY FOR
PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

HON MARTIN A BK AMIDU,
DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL WITH HIM MRS BETTY MOULD-JDDRISU, CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY
FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

CHARLES HAYFRON-BENJAMIN JSC, AMPIAH JSC, ADJABEN ATUGUBA JSC, SOPHIA AKUFFO JSC<o:p></o:p>

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

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CHARLES HAYFRON-BENJAMIN JSC delivered the
judgment of the court. On 31
July 1998 this court dismissed (with the reasons reserved), the writ of the plaintiff, ie the Commission on Human Rights and
Administrative Justice - invoking the assistance of
this court to re solve an apparent
conflict in the relative positions
of the parties vis-a-vis
their respective functions
under the 1992 Constitution. For, whereas the plaintiff is, "in the performance of its functions, not subject to the direction or control of any person or authority", the defendant, the Attorney
General, on the other hand, is a member of the executive branch of government
and the chief legal adviser to the
government.<o:p></o:p>

The principles of the separation of powers, to which to