GILAT SATCOM LIMITED vs INTERNET GHANA LIMITED [2023]DLHC16709

Date	2023-11-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/BDC/0392/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16709

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE FRANCIS OBIRI

ALEXANDER BONDZIE IMPRAIM

[2023]DLHC16709
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">GILAT SATCOM LIMITED<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">INTERNET GHANA LIMITED<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">SUIT NO. CM/BDC/0392/2023&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 2ND
NOVEMBER 2023<o:p></o:p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">CORAM<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE
FRANCIS OBIRI <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;">

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</div>&nbsp;I have listened to the submission by counsel for
the Plaintiff for judgment in default of appearance against the Defendant.<o:p></o:p>I have also gone through the documents filed in
this application. The Plaintiff in its amended Writ of Summons filed on 9th
June, 2023 claimed from the Defendant an amount of GH¢922,283.07.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff in paragraph 8 of its amended statement
of claim averred, that it provided services for the Defendant between April,
2017 and February, 2020 which has resulted in the amount claimed. <o:p></o:p>However, the Plaintiff attached a document dated 6th
November, 2017 to its application. It has been marked as exhibit ‘G5’. In the
said document, the Plaintiff stated, that it has terminated its service in
respect of the service order and IRU connectivity with the Defendant. <o:p></o:p>The court does not know whether any contract or
agreement was made between the parties after exhibit ‘G5’ was written. This is
because; in exhibit ‘G5’, which is dated 6th November 2017, the
Plaintiff indicated that it has terminated its service in respect of the
service order and IRU connectivity with the Defendant.<o:p></o:p>The documents the Plaintiff attached as evidence
of proof of the Defendant debt are dated between 2015 to 2017. There is no
indication before the court that any demand for any debt owed the Plaintiff by
the Defendant was made between 2018 to 2022.<o:p></o:p>The court is not in a position to know whether any
payment was made by the Defendant to the Plaintiff to settle its debt if any
between 2018 to 2022.<o:p></o:p>The court is not able to tell why the Plaintiff
did not make any demand for its money from the Defendant if any between 2018 to
2022.<o:p></o:p>There are no documents which the Plaintiff has
attached to the application which show that as at 2022 or 2023, the Defendant
is indebted to the Plaintiff in the sum the Plaintiff is claiming.<o:p></o:p>