AMOAH BOAMPONG vs. AARON OTENG AND THE REPUBLIC Vs. AARON OTENG , EX PARTE AMOAH BOAMPONG [2019]DLHC12032

AMOAH BOAMPONG vs. AARON OTENG AND THE REPUBLIC Vs. AARON OTENG , EX PARTE AMO... [2019]DLHC12032

Date	2019-04-10
Suit No.	C12/07/18
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC12032

HIS LORDSHIP CHARLES GYAMFI DANQUAH J.

KWAME BOAITEY ADUTWUM ESQ. HOLDING THE BRIEF OF K. ADUTWUM MMOROSA ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANT – PRESENT

PATRICK YEBOAH ESQ. HOLDING THE BRIEF OF ALEX OBENG ASANTE ESQ. FOR THE RESPONDENT- PRESENT

[2019]DLHC12032
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AMOAH BOAMPONG <o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>AARON OTENG<o:p></o:p>AND <o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>Vs.<o:p></o:p>AARON OTENG<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE AMOAH BOAMPONG<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

C12/07/18&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;DATE:
10TH&nbsp;APRIL 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>KWAME BOAITEY ADUTWUM
ESQ. HOLDING THE BRIEF OF K. ADUTWUM MMOROSA ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANT – PRESENT,<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

PATRICK YEBOAH ESQ. HOLDING THE BRIEF OF ALEX OBENG ASANTE ESQ. FOR THE
RESPONDENT- PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP CHARLES
GYAMFI DANQUAH J.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;In the case of the
Republic vs High Court, Accra; Ex Parte Leayea Mensah (1998 – 1999) SCGLR 360
at 368 Bamford Addo JSC stated as follows;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;“By definition, a person
commits contempt and may be committed to prison for willfully disobeying an
order of a Court requiring him to do any act other than the payment of money or
to abstain from doing some act and the order sought to be enforced should be
unambiguous and must be clearly understood by the parties concerned. <o:p></o:p>The reason is that a Court
will only punish as contempt, a willful breach of a clear Court order requiring
obedience to its performance. Therefore, disobedience which is found not to be
willful cannot be punished.”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The underlying
principle for bringing an application for committal for contempt in sum is that
the contemnor or the Respondent has intentionally and willfully disobeyed an
order of the Court.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This application
before the Court for committal is very interesting. It all started when on the
13th April, 2018 the Applicant herein Amoah Boampong filed the
contempt proceedings against the Respondent Aaron Oteng for him to be committed
as a result of the following depositions as contained in the affidavit in
support.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That on the 21st
October, 2015 I issued a writ of summons against the Defendant/ Respondent
herein at the District Court, Obuasi &nbsp;Ashanti claiming &nbsp;the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration of title to a
plot of land (Plot No. Block) situate and lying at Born Again Junction and
bounded by the landed properties of Opanin Oteng Ope, River Nyam, and the main
Obuasi – Dunkwa Junction Road<o:p></o:p>ii.