REPUBLIC vs. JOSEPH AFUM FLEISCHER , EX-PARTE: DANIEL NII ADZETE ADZEI AND 2 ORS [2022]DLHC12023

REPUBLIC vs. JOSEPH AFUM FLEISCHER , EX-PARTE: DANIEL NII ADZETE ADZEI AND 2 OR... [2022]DLHC12023

Date	2022-03-24
Suit No.	CASE NO. CR/0196/2022
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC12023

HIS LORDSHIP CHARLES GYAMFI DANQUAH J.

GEORGE ANKOMA MENSAH ESQ. FOR THE RESPONDENT PRESENT.

EDWARD ANOKYE ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANT PRESENT

[2022]DLHC12023
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >REPUBLIC
<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>JOSEPH AFUM FLEISCHER &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE: DANIEL NII ADZETE ADZEI AND 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p>[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;">

CASE NO. CR/0196/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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:
24TH&nbsp;MARCH 2022<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; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>GEORGE ANKOMA MENSAH
ESQ. FOR THE RESPONDENT 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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">EDWARD ANOKYE ESQ. FOR
THE APPLICANT 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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>The Applicants on the 23rd December, 2021 filed a
motion on notice for an order of committal for contempt of Court under Order 50
Rule 1 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2004 C.I. 47. The said Order 50
Rule 1 of C.I. 47 provides;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Committal for
Contempt <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:
-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;(1) The power of the Court to punish for
contempt of court may be exercised by an order of committal.<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp; Committal proceedings shall be commenced by
an application to the Court. <o:p></o:p>However, Order 50 Rule 2 makes provision for committal
without application and states that nothing in Rule 1 affects the power of the
Court to make an order of its own motion against a person to show cause why the
person should not be committed for contempt of Court. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;THE LAW ON CONTEMPT OF COURT.<o:p></o:p>The jurisdiction of the High Court to commit for contempt of
Court is derived from the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992. Article
126 clause 2 of the said Constitution states that the Superior Courts shall be
superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to
themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately
before the coming into force of this Constitution. See also Section 36 of the
Courts Act, 1993 Act 459 as amended. The procedural Rules for bringing contempt
application to the Court as already stated is also contained in the High Court (Civil
Procedure) Rules 2004 CI 47 at Order 50.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;