SUJI MOTO INVESTMENT LTD. vs SANGETA PUNJABI & ANOR [2016]DLHC16398

Date	2016-04-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. RPC/426/13
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC16398

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AKUA SARPOMAA AMOAH (MRS.)

ANASTASIA AKUAKO

[2016]DLHC16398
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SUJI MOTO INVESTMENT LTD.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SANGETA PUNJABI &amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: -22.5pt; margin-right: 4.5pt;">

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO. RPC/426/13&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 19TH APRIL 2016<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp; RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;The
Plaintiff/Applicant seeks an order of this Court staying proceedings in the
present suit pending the hearing of an appeal lodged against the ruling of this
Court (differently constituted) dated the 22nd day of July 2015. The
said ruling refused the Plaintiff’s application for Summary Judgement filed on
the 22nd day of June, 2015 on stated grounds and ordered that the
suit takes its normal course. Being aggrieved by the said ruling, Plaintiff/Applicant
has lodged an appeal against same. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff/Applicant
states in its affidavit in support of the instant motion that a refusal to stay
proceedings in this Court will occasion irreparable mischief to the Plaintiff/Applicant,
in that, it will result in proceedings in this Court, directly competing with proceedings
in the Court of Appeal, in respect of the suit.&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>The Defendants/Respondents
vehemently oppose the application essentially on grounds that it has no merit. &nbsp;I have carefully considered the instant
application and I am of the view that it is misconceived for the following
reasons.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Order 27A of the Court of Appeal rules CI19 as
amended and headed interlocutory appeals states as follows, “The
court may, in an interlocutory appeal civil or criminal before it, grant a stay
of proceedings pending the determination of the interlocutory appeal subject to
such terms as the Court thinks fit.”&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;In
highlighting the import of the said rule,
the Supreme Court, in the case of the REPUBLIC FAST TRACK HIGH COURT, ACCRA
EXPARTE DANIEL KWASI ABODAKPI, CIVIL MOTION NO. JS/15/2005 stated as
follows; “Paragraph 27A of CI 19 as
amended by CI 21 makes it quite clear that in interlocutory appeals, it is the Court
of Appeal rather than the High Court that has jurisdiction to grant an order of
stay”.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Flowing from the above, this Court is of the
view that the instant application has been brought in the wrong forum. &nbsp;It is accordingly dismissed.<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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs</main>