[2023]DLHC16975 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">AYAOVI PROSPER AMENYAGLO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">EX PARTE: GADEGBEKU SAVIOUR DELA, ECCARIUS ACHILLE KOAMI JOEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, TEMA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:168.75pt 278.15pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> </span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 7.1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. E13/81/2022 DATE: 18<sup>TH</sup> APRIL 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:96.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 7.1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JEMIMA ADDO FOR APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE NAANA BEDU ADDO <o:p></o:p></span></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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 7.1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;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"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:6.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">BY<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>COURT:<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Before<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span>Court<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span>Motion<span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span>Notice<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span>Order<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>Committal<span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span>for Contempt<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>10<span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:1.9pt"> </span></span>August,<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>2022.<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>Deponent<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>Affidavit<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>Opposition<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">on</span> 20/09/2022.<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>He<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>claimed in<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>Paragraph<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>9<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Applicants<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>children<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>therefore he would not deny them what rightfully belongs to them. He claims it was a simple misunderstanding between the parties. A supplementary Affidavit was filed by the Applicants<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>leave<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Court<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>14/2/2023.<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span>Though<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Respondent<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>served, he refused to file any response thereto. He stated that the property belongs to him, he claims it was given to him by his mother. He claimed he has not done anything for him to<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>cited<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>contempt.<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>He<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>finally<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>claimed<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>did<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>file<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>any<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>Affidavit<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>Opposition to the instant suit and that he did not know who filed it. The Court found the Respondent’s behaviour very confrontational and his demeanour very disrespectful to the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Court.<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Given<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>claims<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>has<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt"> </span>no<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>response<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>instant<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>motion,<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Court<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>hereby grants