THE REPUBLIC vs. THE VICE-CHANCELLOR KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KUMASI EX-PARTE: NNAMDI NNAKWADORO ENEKWA & 4 OTHERS [2008]DLCA6606

THE REPUBLIC vs. THE VICE-CHANCELLOR KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TEC... [2008]DLCA6606

Date	2008-02-28
Suit No.	H1/187/07
Citation No.	[2008]DLCA6606

AKOTO BAMFO JA

S.E. KANYOKE JA

YAW APPAU

[2008]DLCA6606
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE
VICE-CHANCELLOR KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KUMASI<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE: NNAMDI NNAKWADORO ENEKWA &amp; 4 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">H1/187/07&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: 28TH
FEBRUARY, 2008<o:p></o:p>

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AKOTO BAMFO, JA S.E. KANYOKE, JA AND
YAW APPAU<o:p></o:p>

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</div>This
is an appeal against the ruling of the High Court, Kumasi refusing an
application by the appellants praying the trial court to quash the decision of
the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,
Kumasi dated 25th August 2006 by which he authorized the dismissal of the
appellants from the University. <o:p></o:p>The
grounds of appeal as set out in the Notice of Appeal filed on 15/12/06 are: <o:p></o:p>(a)
The trial judge erred when he inferentially held that the Applicants/Appellants
were invited by the Registrar to report to the Dean of Students or Head of the
University Security when the Respondent could not exhibit any such invitation
letter to contradict the Applicants/Appellants' claim. <o:p></o:p>(b)
The trial court erred when it held that the respondent informed the appellants
about their offences when there is no evidence on record to support same. <o:p></o:p>(c)
The judgment is against the weight of evidence on record. Judgments of the
Superior Courts 12452 Copyright © DataCenta Ltd. <o:p></o:p>(d)
Additional grounds of appeal would be filed on receipt of the record of
proceedings. No further or additional grounds of appeal were, however filed. <o:p></o:p>The
brief facts are that the appellants filed in the court below a motion for
judicial review brought under Order 55 rules 1 &amp; 4 of the High Court Civil
Procedure Rules, 2004 (C.I. 47) and Articles 23 &amp; 33 of the 1992
Constitution of the Republic of Ghana praying for an order in the nature of
certiorari to quash the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology by which he authorized the dismissal of
the appellants from the University. <o:p></o:p>On
20th November 2006, the trial court, in its ruling, dismissed the application.
It is this ruling of the court below, which is the subject of this appeal. <o:p></o:p>After
having been served with the Notice of Appeal, the respondent also filed a
notice under rule 15 of the rules of this Court (i.e. C.I. 19) on 19/1/07
praying for a variation of the judgment of the court below. <o:p></o:p>In
his statement of case filed on 8/6/07, the appellants who were the applicants
in the Court below argued grounds (1) and (3) of the notice of appeal together.
He followed that up with the second and last ground. <o:p></o:p>The
appellants’ case was that they were not invited to appear before any committee
of enquiry to investigate the offences they were alleged to have committed.
Again no offences were ever preferred against them before their dismissal. They
referred to a document titled ‘Students Guide’, which, according to them,
regulates the relationship between the students and the University. They
contended that this document prescribes the way and manner the University should
handle cases involving students. They referred particularly to Article 7 of
this document or Students Guide that prescribes penalties for breach of the
regulations of the University and the procedures to follow consequent upon such
a breach. <o:p></o:p>This
Article 7, which is sub-headed ‘Penalties
for Breach of Regulations’, appears at page 15 of the record and reads as follows: <o:p></o:p>"A student who is deemed to have
misconducted himself may be liable to one or more of the following penalties; <o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Warning
<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp</main>