REPUBLIC vs. NENE NARH MATTI AND ISAAC MUALA BAAH , EX-PARTE: GIFTY KULEAPE [2023]DLHC15042

Date	2023-02-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO: D16/19/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC15042

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE MARIAM SALEH SINARE (MS)

COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT ARCHIE DANSO – PRESENT

COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENTS FRANCIS JAGRI HOLDING EMMANUEL BRIGHT ATOKOH'S BRIEF - PRESENT

[2023]DLHC15042
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REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

NENE NARH MATTI AND ISAAC MUALA BAAH <o:p></o:p>

(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>

(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH COURT, SOMANYA]<o:p></o:p>

SUIT NO:
D16/19/2022&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;DATE: 22ND&nbsp;FEBRUARY 2023<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

COUNSEL
FOR THE APPLICANT ARCHIE DANSO – PRESENT,<o:p></o:p>

COUNSEL FOR THE
RESPONDENTS FRANCIS JAGRI HOLDING EMMANUEL BRIGHT ATOKOH'S BRIEF - PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE MARIAM SALEH SINARE (MS)<o:p></o:p>

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INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>

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This Contempt proceedings ensued from
the matter herein for which there is an Injunction Order over the land litigia. The Instant Application, filed on the 31st
day of August, 2022 by the Applicant seeks to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court for an
Order to Commit the Respondents herein for Contempt of Court. This Application is premised on Order 50
of the High Court Civil Procedure Rules 2004 (C.1. 47) as Amended by C.I. 87.<o:p></o:p>

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The
grounds upon which the Instant
Application are premised, are catalogued in an 11-paragraph
Supporting Affidavit sworn to by the
Applicant. The Applicant essentially deposed that she filed a Motion on Notice
for Injunction dated 11th April, 2022 in Suit entitled
GIFTY KULEAPE VS. NENE NARH MATTI &amp; ISAAC MUALA BAAH with Suit No. Cl/18/22. The Applicant deposed that the said Application for Injunction was served
on the Respondents herein and that even though the Respondents were aware of the
pendency of the Application for Injunction, they have taken many prospective purchasers
to the land, the
subject matter of dispute with the purpose
of disposing the very land. The Applicant further
deposed that the Respondents conduct
is tantamount to Contempt of Court as same has brought the administration of justice into disrepute, public ridicule and op</main>