THE REPUBLIC vs. KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EX PARTE ALFRED OBENG BOATENG AND ANOTHER [2010]DLCA3202

THE REPUBLIC vs. KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EX PARTE ALF... [2010]DLCA3202

Date	2010-01-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/07/2009
Citation No.	[2010]DLCA3202

MARIAMA OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING)

F.G. KORBIEH J.A.

IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.

R. APPIAH-NKYI ESQ. COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.

SULLEY SAMBIAN ESQ. COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2010]DLCA3202
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE ALFRED OBENG
BOATENG AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO. H1/07/2009&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 29TH
JANUARY, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>R. APPIAH-NKYI ESQ.,
COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SULLEY
SAMBIAN ESQ., COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANTS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MARIAMA
OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING), F.G. KORBIEH J.A., IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>IRENE
C. DANQUAH JA<o:p></o:p>This appeal is against the
ruling of the High Court, Kumasi dated 5th March 2008.&nbsp; The background to the application is as
follows:<o:p></o:p>The Applicants who were
part-time students of the Law faculty of the Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology were dismissed in the 2nd Semester of the
2006/2007&nbsp;&nbsp; academic year on allegation
of their involvement in examination malpractices in the Commercial Law paper
II.&nbsp; The Respondent set up a Committee to
investigate the matter.<o:p></o:p>The Applicants on two previous
occasions raised objections against officers who were appointed as Chairmen of
the Committee.&nbsp; The objections were
upheld and the Committee was reconstituted twice with a different Chairman.&nbsp; On 29th October 2007, a third
objection was raised by Counsel for the Applicant.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>This is where there is a
disparity between the parties as to the reasons that was assigned to the
objection.&nbsp; Whereas the Applicants
alleged that the objection was against the composition of the panel and
jurisdiction of the Committee, the Respondent alleged that the objection was
against the continued sitting of the Committee on the grounds that the results
of the Respondents had been published.&nbsp;
Another disparity in the facts is that whereas the Applicants allege
that after the third objection had been over-ruled, the applicant sought a stay
of the proceedings and leave to test the ruling of the Committee but same was
refused.&nbsp; The Respondent on the other
hand alleged that upon the Committee’s refusal to grant the third objection,
the Applicants boycotted the proceedings.<o:p></o:p>The next day after the
refusal of the third objection, the Respondents instituted an action at the
High Court, Kumasi in Suit No. C12/51.08 entitled:<o:p></o:p>Alfred
Obeng Boateng &amp; Anor ------------Plaintiffs <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vrs <o:p></o:p>Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science &amp; Technology<o:p></o:p>Kumasi-----------------------------------------Defendant <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In
that action the Applicants sought the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the Plaintiffs are entitled to continue their education as 3rd
year students of the Faculty of Law, KNUST having been registered as such in
relation to the 2007/2008 Academic year upon due satisfaction of all prescribed
prerequisites.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></sp</main>