THE REPUBLIC vs. THE REGISTRAR, CIRCUIT COURT , EX-PARTE: THERESA GORMAN , SUMAKAINU AMINU [2022]DLHC12028

THE REPUBLIC vs. THE REGISTRAR, CIRCUIT COURT , EX-PARTE: THERESA GORMAN , SUMA... [2022]DLHC12028

Date	2022-05-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/0585/2022
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC12028

HIS LORDSHIP CHARLES GYAMFI DANQUAH J.

STANLEY BOYE QUAYE ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANT

BENJAMIN ZIGORSH-NYAKPENU ESQ. FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY

[2022]DLHC12028
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC
<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>THE REGISTRAR, CIRCUIT COURT <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE: THERESA GORMAN<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>SUMAKAINU AMINU<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTY)<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;">

SUIT NO. GJ/0585/2022&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;&nbsp;DATE:
30TH&nbsp;&nbsp;MAY 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; <o:p></o:p>STANLEY BOYE QUAYE ESQ.
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: 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">BENJAMIN ZIGORSH-NYAKPENU
ESQ. FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY<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;
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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>&nbsp;The present action by the Applicant is an originating notice
of motion under Order 55 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 C I 47
in which the Applicant prayed this Court for an order of certiorari to quash a
ruling of the Circuit Court 3, Accra dated 3rd March, 2022. The
gravamen of the application is that the Circuit Court Judge allowed an oral
application by Counsel for the Interested Party to recall a witness in
violation of Orders 19 and 20 of CI 47. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This, according to learned Counsel for the Applicant constituted
want of jurisdiction and the grounds are contained in the affidavit in support
of the application. <o:p></o:p>The depositions in support of the application would be given
in due course but for now a look at the law which gives the High Court its
supervisory jurisdiction over lower Courts and lower adjudicating authorities. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This authority or jurisdiction emanates from the fundamental
law of the land. That is the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992.<o:p></o:p>Article 141 of the said Constitution provides as follows;<o:p></o:p>“The High Court
shall have supervisory jurisdiction over all lower courts and any adjudicating
authority; and may, in the exercise of that jurisdiction, issue orders and
directions for the purpose of enforcing or securing the enforcement of its
supervisory powers.”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Section 16 of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459) goes further to
state the nature of the directions and orders that may issue from the High
Court including habeas corpus, certiorari, mandamus, prohibition and quo
warranto.</main>