THE REPUBLIC vs. THE DISTRICT COURT, SEKONDI (RESPONDENT) EXPARTE: MARTIN OFFEI (APPLICANT) SALLY OFFEI [2018]DLHC6491

THE REPUBLIC vs. THE DISTRICT COURT, SEKONDI (RESPONDENT) EXPARTE: MARTIN OFFEI... [2018]DLHC6491

Date	2018-04-09
Suit No.	SUIT NO. E9/28/18
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC6491

P. BRIGHT MENSAH

DAVID OWUSU-TACHIE FOR BEN ACKAAH-GYASI FOR THE APPLICANT

INTERESTED PARTY IN PERSON

NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR AND ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT COURT

[2018]DLHC6491
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE DISTRICT COURT, SEKONDI<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EXPARTE:
MARTIN OFFEI<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>SALLY OFFEI<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTY)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, SEKONDI]<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. E9/28/18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 9TH APRIL, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DAVID
OWUSU-TACHIE FOR BEN ACKAAH-GYASI FOR THE APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>INTERESTED
PARTY IN PERSON<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NO
LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR AND ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT COURT<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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P. BRIGHT MENSAH<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>The
Applicant in this present case moves the court for:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
“………. Order for Judicial Review by way of Certiorari to quash the <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; judgment of the District Court,
Sekondi”[given on
29/09/17],<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>as per the
accompanying affidavit and for any further order(s) as this court may consider
fit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The present application, according to the motion paper, is
brought under Order 55 r 1(a) &amp; 4(2) of Rules, 2004 (C I 47) invoking the
supervisory jurisdiction of this court.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>By rule 1(a) of Order 55, an Applicant
may make an application for
judicial review to the High Court in the nature of an Order of Certiorari,
among other reliefs. An
affidavit supports the motion.&nbsp; The
supporting affidavit sets out the grounds for the application, the reliefs
sought, the name and description of the applicant and his address.&nbsp; The applicant shall also supply the full name
and address of the person directly affected by the application.<a href="file:///C:/Users/ADDEN/Desktop/new%20cases/COURT%20OF%20APPEAL%20CASES%20raw/THE%20REPUBLIC%20V.%20SEKONDI%20DISTRICT%20COURT%20EXPARTE%20MARTIN%20OFFEI.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a><o:p></o:p>Before
proceeding further, I want to place it on record that when the case was called
in this court for the first time on 22/02/2018, the Interested Party though
served with the processes to appear in court, she was absent.&nbsp; However, Hajia Asana Sooba represented her,
who told the court that the Interested Party has been delivered of her baby
born to another man.&nbsp; Consequently, the
case was adjourned to 20/03/2018 but on the ground that the Interested Party
was short-served. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The case of the
Applicant:<o:p></o:p>The thrust
of the application as may be gleaned from the affidavit in support of the
motion is that the In</main>