THE REPUBLIC vs. NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS, KUMASI EX PARTE AWULAE KAKU AKA III AWULAE AMIHERE KPANYINLI III [2019]DLCA6303

THE REPUBLIC vs. NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS, KUMASI EX PARTE AWULAE KAKU AKA II... [2019]DLCA6303

Date	2019-02-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/58/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6303

M. OWUSU (J.A.) – PRESIDING

DZAMEFE (J.A.)

WELBOURNE (J.A.)

ERNESTINA KUKUA ABRAHIM FOR THE RESPONDENT/APPELLANT

MUJEEB RAHMA AHMED WITH SAEED KOFI SAM ACKA HEMANS AND

DEBORA DONKOR FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY/APPELLANT.

VIVIAN MFODWAA GYAN LED BY YAW ANOKYE FRIMPONG FOR THE APPLICANT/RESPONDENT.

[2019]DLCA6303
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC <o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NATIONAL
HOUSE OF CHIEFS, KUMASI <o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE
AWULAE KAKU AKA III<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>AWULAE
AMIHERE KPANYINLI III<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTY/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, 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: H1/58/2018&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 27TH
FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>ERNESTINA
KUKUA ABRAHIM FOR THE RESPONDENT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>MUJEEB
RAHMA AHMED WITH SAEED KOFI SAM, ACKA HEMANS AND DEBORA DONKOR FOR THE
INTERESTED PARTY/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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VIVIAN
MFODWAA GYAN LED BY YAW ANOKYE FRIMPONG FOR THE APPLICANT/RESPONDENT.<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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M.
OWUSU (J.A.) – PRESIDING, DZAMEFE (J.A.), WELBOURNE (J.A.)<o:p></o:p>

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</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against the decision of the High Court, Kumasi, dated 19th
July, 2017.&nbsp; In the said decision, the
trial Judge held among others that:-<o:p></o:p>“In the light of the foregoing, I
order that Awiaso Traditional Council be restored in the national register of
chiefs and in the result, the applicant Awulae Kaku Aka III being the successor
in title to his uncle is entitled to have his name inserted in the register of
the house of chiefs.<o:p></o:p>This court thus directs the Registrar
of the National House of Chiefs accordingly.Cost of Gh¢5,000.00 is awarded to
the applicant against each of the respondents.”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the High Court, the Interested Party/Appellant
(hereinafter referred to as Interested Party) appealed to the Court of Appeal
on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
judgment/ruling is against the weight of the affidavit evidence on record.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
High Court Judge misdirected himself by failing to appreciate that the whole
application for Judicial Review by way of certiorari and mandamus was
inappropriate since the facts relied on by the applicant were disputed by both
the respondent National House of Chiefs and the Interested Party.<o:p></o:p>