CHAMPION BROAD CASTING LTD vs. MULTI-CHOICE GHANA LTD – ACCRA, DSP SETH SERWORNU OF NATIONAL CID HEADQUARTERS ACCRA AND MATHIAS BAWA [2016]DLHC4207

CHAMPION BROAD CASTING LTD vs. MULTI-CHOICE GHANA LTD – ACCRA, DSP SETH SERWORNU... [2016]DLHC4207

Date	2016-12-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO. C12/262/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC4207

FRANCIS OBIRI

MUJEEB RAHMAN AHMED WITH ANNIS MOHAYIDEEN FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

PRECIOUS AIDOO FOR ANTHONY FORSON FOR 1ST AND 2ND DEFENDANT

[2016]DLHC4207
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">CHAMPION BROAD CASTING LTD<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>MULTI-CHOICE GHANA LTD – ACCRA,
DSP SETH SERWORNU OF NATIONAL CID HEADQUARTERS ACCRA AND MATHIAS BAWA<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO.
C12/262/2016&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 1ST
DECEMBER, 2016 <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MUJEEB
RAHMAN AHMED WITH ANNIS MOHAYIDEEN FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PRECIOUS AIDOO FOR ANTHONY FORSON FOR 1ST
AND 2ND DEFENDANT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>

FRANCIS OBIRI,
JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1st
and 2nd defendants have brought this instant application to have the
2nd defendant disjoined from this suit.&nbsp; The motion is supported by affidavit.&nbsp; I wish to quote the relevant paragraphs in
this ruling:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">(3)&nbsp; The instant suit
discloses no cause of action against the 2nd defendant as it&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; seeks reliefs against the 2nd
defendant for actions performed in the course
of a criminal investigation by the Ghana Police Service into the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; activities of the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;(4) The plaintiff by
its own pleadings states that the operation complained of was conducted with
policemen in uniform and rightfully addresses the 2nd defendant as a
Deputy Superintendent of Police which is indeed the office/designation of the 2nd
defendant<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 2nd defendant is not a
proper party to be sued in respect of official acts of the Ghana Police Service
in which he participated in his official capacity.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;(6)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The reliefs sought against the 2nd
defendant including the recovery of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; items
seized by the police cannot be recovered from the 2nd defendant.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;(7)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The second defendant has no personal
interest in the dispute and &nbsp;&nbsp; therefore
cannot be a proper defendant to the instant action.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">(8)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That I am also advised and verily believe
same to be true that action brought against the second defendant to hold him
personally liable for actions of the police in which he was involved in the
course of his duties as a police officer is improper and unlawful and ought not
to be entertained by this honourable Court.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>