JAMES KWABENA BOMFEH JNR. vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL [2019]DLSC5257

Date	2019-01-23
Suit No.	WRIT NO. J1/14/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC5257

ADINYIRA (MRS.) JSC (PRESIDING)

DOTSE JSC

YEBOAH JSC

GBADEGBE JSC

AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS.) JSC BENIN JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

AZIZ BAMBA FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

GODFRIED YEBOAH DAME DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE

DEFENDANT WITH HIM MRS. HELEN ZEWU SOLICITOR GENERAL SYLVESTER

WILLIAMS CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY GRACE OPPONG PRINCIPAL STATE

ATTORNEY MS. YVONNE BANNERMAN SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY MODESTA

LEGIPO ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY AND ORIEL ASARE BOATENG

ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY.

[2019]DLSC5257
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JAMES KWABENA BOMFEH JNR.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ATTORNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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WRIT NO. J1/14/2017&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 23RD JANUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>AZIZ
BAMBA FOR THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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GODFRIED
YEBOAH DAME, DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE DEFENDANT WITH HIM MRS. HELEN
ZEWU, SOLICITOR GENERAL, SYLVESTER WILLIAMS, CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY, GRACE
OPPONG, PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY, MS. YVONNE BANNERMAN, SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY,
MODESTA LEGIPO, ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY AND ORIEL ASARE BOATENG, ASSISTANT
STATE ATTORNEY.<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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JUDGMENT<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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</div>ADINYIRA (MRS.), JSC: -<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff brings this action in his capacity
as a citizen of Ghana to seek the interpretation and/or enforcement of
provisions of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana pursuant to articles 2(1) and
130(1) thereof, claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;A declaration that upon a true, combined and
contextual interpretation of the letter and spirit of the Constitution,
particularly articles 258(1)(a) and (b) and 265 thereof, the Government of
Ghana does not possess the legal authority to grant or allocate any public
land, and consequently the decision of the Government of Ghana to allocate or
grant 6.323 Ha of the public lands of Ghana for the construction of the Ghana
National Cathedral to serve as Ghana’s Mother Church, is unconstitutional;<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration
that by the core values, basic structure and the nature of the 1992
Constitution of Ghana and upon a combined and contextual interpretation of the
letter and spirit of the Constitution, particularly articles 21(1)(b)(c),
35(1)(5)(6)(a), 37(1) and/or 56 of the Constitution, it is unconstitutional for
the Republic of Ghana through its organs of Government, ministries, agencies,
departments and/or authorized representatives to purposely aid, endorse,
sponsor, support, offer preferential governmental promotion of, and/or be
excessively entangled in, any religion or religious practice;<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration
that the setting up of a Hajj Board by the Government of the Republic of Ghana
for the purpose</main>