THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, SEKONDI EX PARTE; GEORGE KINGSLEY KWEKU AMPONG A.K.A ODENEHO AKROFA KRUKOKO II NANA KWADU AKEREFO III, NANA KOBINA ANGU II, NANA KWANDOH BREMPONG III, NANA KWAW AMAOH II, NANA KWABENA GYAN II AND NANA AMPONG KWASI II [2012]DLCA8663

THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, SEKONDI EX PARTE; GEORGE KINGSLEY KWEKU AMPONG A.K.... [2012]DLCA8663

Date	2012-01-11
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/10/2012
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA8663

MARFUL-SAU JA

(PRESIDING)

HONYENUGA JA

BENSON J

[2012]DLCA8663
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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SEKONDI EX PARTE;
GEORGE KINGSLEY KWEKU AMPONG<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>A.K.A ODENEHO
AKROFA KRUKOKO II<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>NANA KWADU
AKEREFO III, NANA KOBINA ANGU II, NANA KWANDOH BREMPONG III, NANA&nbsp; KWAW&nbsp;
AMAOH II, NANA KWABENA GYAN II AND NANA AMPONG KWASI II<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTIES/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<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. H1/10/2012&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: 11TH
JANUARY, 2012<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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MARFUL-SAU
JA, (PRESIDING), HONYENUGA JA, BENSON J<o:p></o:p>

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</div>HONYENUGA, J.A <o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against the judgment of the
High court Sekondi dated the 21st day of December, 2010. The said
court dismissed an application for Judicial Review in the nature of Certiorari
to quash the ruling of the Chieftaincy Tribunal of the Western Region House of
Chiefs. The Applicant/Appellant would be referred to as the appellant and the
interested parties/respondents as the respondents. <o:p></o:p>The
facts of this appeal are that a default judgment was delivered against the
appellant on the 11th day of June 2010 by the chieftaincy Tribunal
of the Western Region House of Chiefs in respect of a petition involving his
destoolment. The appellant later filed a motion to set aside the said default
judgment. On the 27th October, 2010 the chieftaincy Tribunal
dismissed the appellant’s motion on the grounds that he was in contempt of the
said Tribunal and that&nbsp; there was proof
of service of the petition&nbsp; on him. On
these grounds the appellant filed an application for Judicial Review to
bring&nbsp; up to quash the ruling of the
chieftaincy Tribunal &nbsp;dated the 27th
October, 2010 at the High Court Sekondi. <o:p></o:p>The
grounds of his application for certiorari&nbsp;
include:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp; “a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Abuse of legal process<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp; b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Contempt of the High court, Kumasi<o:p></o:p>&nbsp; c. Jurisdiction error<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;
d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Breach of the rules of
Natural Justice or the duty to be fair.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Collusion between the panel members of the chieftaincy
Tribunal, the interested parties and the Lawyers for the interested parties.<o:p></o:p>f.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Non compliance with the chieftaincy Act, 2008 Se</main>