FOSTER MENSAH & 2 ORS. vs THE REPUBLIC [2014]DLHC16441

Date	2014-02-11
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BMISC 846/08
Citation No.	[2014]DLHC16441

HIS LORDSHIP KOFI ESSEL MENSAH

FRANCIS SOSU

JASMINE ARMAH

[2014]DLHC16441
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FOSTER
MENSAH &amp; 2 ORS.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE
REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT
OF JUSTICE (HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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NO. BMISC 846/08&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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
FEBRUARY, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>FRANCIS SOSU FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP KOFI ESSEL MENSAH<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;This is an
application for stay of execution of a judgement I delivered on 30th
October, 2013.&nbsp; In that judgement, I
ruled that the Central Disciplinary Board did not have jurisdiction to dismiss
the applicants/respondents and gave good reasons for coming to that conclusion.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>Soon
thereafter, Police Commissioner Rose Bio Atinga, in an interview aired on the
radio/wireless poured out her resentment and swore never to comply with the
court’s order.&nbsp; To give effect to her
word, the present application has been brought.&nbsp;
A stay is granted to test the correctness of a judgement on appeal and
not to frustrate the victorious party in the enjoyment of their success.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>I see the
utterances of Rose Bio Atinga as contemptuous of the court order and the same
is calculated to frustrate the applicants in the enjoyment of their
victory.&nbsp; In this connection, I am unable
to accede to the request being made by the defendants/applicants.&nbsp; The application is therefore refused.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(SGD.) <o:p></o:p>KOFI ESSEL MENSAH<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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