REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION), ACCRA EX PARTE: KENNEDY OHENE AGYAPONG & SUSAN BANDOH [2020]DLSC9895

REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION), ACCRA EX PARTE: KENNEDY OHENE AGYAPON... [2020]DLSC9895

Date	2020-10-14
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J5/62/2020
Citation No.	[2020]DLSC9895

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING)

APPAU JSC

PWAMANG JSC

AMADU JSC

KULENDI JSC

AFENYO MARKIN WITH HIM DENNIS OSEI ANTWI RALPH AGYAPONG AND KINGSLEY AMOAKO BOADU LED BY KWAME GYAN FOR THE APPLICANT

GODFRED YEBOAH DAME (DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL) WITH YVONNE BANNERMAN (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE RESPONDENT.

Accra(delivery within the same day or the next)

[2020]DLSC9895
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk35510717">REPUBLIC&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>HIGH
COURT (LAND DIVISION), ACCRA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX
PARTE: KENNEDY OHENE AGYAPONG <o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>SUSAN
BANDOH <o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTY)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[SUPREME 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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

CIVIL MOTION NO. J5/62/2020&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 14TH OCTOBER, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>AFENYO MARKIN WITH HIM DENNIS OSEI
ANTWI, RALPH AGYAPONG AND KINGSLEY AMOAKO BOADU LED BY KWAME GYAN FOR THE
APPLICANT.<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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

GODFRED YEBOAH DAME (DEPUTY
ATTORNEY-GENERAL) WITH YVONNE BANNERMAN (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE
RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>BAFFOE-BONNIE, JSC (PRESIDING), APPAU,
JSC, PWAMANG, JSC, AMADU, JSC, KULENDI, JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;">

<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:
150%;tab-stops:147.0pt;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>KULENDI, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>On the 17th day of September, 2020, the
Applicant herein filed a motion on notice invoking the supervisory jurisdiction
of this Court on an application for orders of Prohibition and Certiorari
directed at His Lordship, Justice Amos Wuntah Wuni.<o:p></o:p>On the 14th day of October, 2020, after
carefully reviewing the processes filed together with the oral submissions by Counsel
for the Applicant and Respondent, this Court by a unanimous decision, issued
the following orders:<o:p></o:p>“1.The Court
is unable to grant the Applicant’s application for certiorari to quash the
order of Wuntah Wuni J. directing the Applicant to appear before the High Court
to answer contempt charges in the terms prayed.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Court is
of the view that the alleged conduct of the Applicant, if proven against him
scandalizes the Court and brings the Administration of Justice into disrepute
and will therefore ground the charge of contempt. The application for
certiorari in the terms prayed is therefore refused and dismissed.<o:p></o:p>For the avoidance of doubt, the Order to appear to
answer charges of contempt and the charge sheet are hereby preserved.<o:p></o:p>Save the above, all other proceedings taken before
Wuntah Wuni J., in respect of the contempt charges are removed from the High
Court and same is hereby quashed.<o:p></o:p>2. This Court however notes that the Applicant has
made a case for prohibition against Wuntah Wuni J. and consequently, he is
hereby prohibited from sitting on the contempt charges.<o:p></o:p>The Court
directs that the matter should be sent back to the Registrar of the High Court
for same to be placed before the High Court differently constituted to try the Applicant
on the contempt charge de novo<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Full reasons
for this ruling will given on Tuesday, 20th October, 2020”.<o:p></o:p>We hereby deliver
the reasons for the orders aforesaid.<o:p></o:p>BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p>The background to
the dispute</main>