THE REPUBLIC vs. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE SEKONDI TRADITIONAL COUNCIL (RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT) EX-PARTE: EBUSUAPANYIN KOFI SUSU (Substituted by EBUSUAPANYIN KOFI ASANTE) (APPLICANT/ APPELLANT) EBUSUAPANYIN KWESI MUSU (DECEASED) (SUBSTITUTED BY OPANYIN YAW BADU) (INTERESTED PARTY/ RESPONDENT) [2019]DLCA7815

THE REPUBLIC vs. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE SEKONDI TRADITIONAL COUNCIL (RESPONDENT/ RES... [2019]DLCA7815

Date	2019-05-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/50/18
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7815

IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING)

L. L. MENSAH (J.A)

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS.( J.A)

BAAFOUR DWUMAH ESQ. FOR APPLICANT/APPELLANT

DORA NSIAH JACKSON ESQ. FOR RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

NANA KONDUA ESQ. FOR INTERESTED PARTY/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA7815
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>JUDICIAL COMMITTEE SEKONDI TRADITIONAL COUNCIL<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE:
EBUSUAPANYIN KOFI SUSU (Substituted by EBUSUAPANYIN KOFI ASANTE)<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/
APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>EBUSUAPANYIN
KWESI MUSU (DECEASED) (SUBSTITUTED BY OPANYIN YAW BADU)<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTY/
RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO.H1/50/18&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; DATE: 29TH MAY,
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>BAAFOUR
DWUMAH ESQ.&nbsp; FOR APPLICANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>DORA
NSIAH JACKSON ESQ.&nbsp; FOR
RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NANA
KONDUA ESQ.&nbsp; FOR INTERESTED
PARTY/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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IRENE
CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING), L. L. MENSAH (J.A), ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH
MRS.( J.A)<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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</div>Irene Charity Larbi&nbsp; (Mrs) J.A.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This appeal emanates from the decision
of the High Court Sekondi dated 19th May 2014 which dismissed an
application filed by the Applicant/Appellant for Judicial Review in the nature
of certiorari to quash the decision of the five member Judicial Committee of
the Sekondi Traditional Council.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Facts
antecedent to the aforesaid decision are as follows<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;;
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predecessors<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
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&quot;Calibri Light&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">-in<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;;
mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">-title to the Appellant herein
and three other persons commenced an action by a writ filed on 16/06/2005
before the Judicial Committee Sekondi Traditional Council against the Interested
Party/ Respondent claiming the following reliefs<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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