REPUBLIC vs. HIGHCOURT, HO; EXPARTE DLAWUO BEDIAKO U & ANOTHER ODUM & OTHERS (INTERESTED PARTIES) [2011]DLSC7935

REPUBLIC vs. HIGHCOURT, HO; EXPARTE DLAWUO BEDIAKO U & ANOTHER ODUM & OTHERS (IN... [2011]DLSC7935

Date	2011-03-03
Suit No.	CM No J5/8/2011
Citation No.	[2011]DLSC7935

GEORGINA WOOD CJ

DOTSE JSC

ANIM YEBOAH JSC

GBADEGBE JSC

VIDA AKOTO-BAMFO JSC

[2011]DLSC7935
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >REPUBLIC<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>HIGHCOURT, HO; EXPARTE DLAWUO BEDIAKO U &amp; ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>ODUM &amp; OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTIES)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CM
No J5/8/2011&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: 3TH
MARCH, 2011<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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GEORGINA
WOOD CJ, DOTSE JSC, ANIM YEBOAH JSC, GBADEGBE JSC, VIDA AKOTO-BAMFO JSC<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>It is provided by the 1992
Constitution, art 130(1) and (3) that:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>"139. (1) The High Court shall
consist of -<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:.65pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:84.15pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-13.7pt;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5;tab-stops:84.2pt">(a)&nbsp; the Chief
Justice<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:1.7pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:86.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-14.8pt;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5;tab-stops:86.05pt">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp; not less than twenty
Justices of the High Court; and<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:1.0pt;margin-right:15.25pt;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:86.8pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-16.3pt;
line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5;tab-stops:83.5pt">(c) such other
Justices of the Superior Court
of Judicature as the
Chief Justice may,by writing
signed by him, request to sit as High Court Justices for any period.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(3) There shall
be in the High Court