CATHERINE NSOR OF VITTIN DABOSHIE vs. JAMAILA MOHAMMED AND 6 OTHERS [2023]DLHC17378

Date	2023-10-12
Suit No.	SUIT NO. NR/TL/HC/EI3/8/23
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC17378

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE ERIC ANSAH ANKOMAH

SYLVESTER ISANG

IAN AKANTUE

SHEIKH ARIF ABDULAH

[2023]DLHC17378
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CATHERINE NSOR OF VITTIN DABOSHIE<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JAMAILA MOHAMMED AND 6 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, TAMALE]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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12TH OCTOBER, 2023<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; <o:p></o:p>SYLVESTER
ISANG FOR 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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

IAN AKANTUE FOR SHEIKH ARIF ABDULAH FOR 1ST,
2ND AND 3RD RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE ERIC
ANSAH ANKOMAH<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 0in;">

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</div>Background<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This is an originating motion on notice filed
by the Applicant, a woman in her prime age who is alleged to have suffered
severe beatings, torture and humiliation in the hands of the Respondents and
their agents on allegation that she had stolen money from the shop of the 1st
Respondent.<o:p></o:p>The application has invoked Article 33 of the
1992 constitution of Ghana as well as Order 67 of High Court Civil Procedure
Rules 2004 (C.I. 47) for the Court to enforce the Applicant Fundamental Human
Rights and Personal Liberty as against torture and humiliation she purportedly suffered
and for damages against her assailants for breach of her rights. <o:p></o:p>The application is against Seven (7)
Respondents named on the originating motion on notice, however the 4th,
5 and 6th Respondents were not served with the application and as
such the Applicant could not proceed against them since they are not aware of
the pendency of the case for them to answer. Even though one lawyer Halid
Abdul-Rauf initially entered conditional appearance for the 1st, 2nd,
3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Respondents,
there is no proof of service of the application on the 4th, 5th
and 6th Respondents. <o:p></o:p>Subsequently, the 1st, 2nd
and 3rd Respondents engaged the services of another lawyer who filed
change of solicitor on 27th February, 2023 for the 1st, 2nd
and 3rd Respondents. Once there is no proof of service of the
application on the said 4th, 5th and 6th
Respondents, I will disregard the purported appearance for them by lawyer Halid
Abdul- Rauf who never filed any process again in this case after the purported
appearance. <o:p></o:p>The position of the law is that, the Court
generally has no jurisdiction to proceed against a party who has not been
served.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;See
BARCLAYS BANK GHANA LTD v GHANA CABLE [1998-1999] SCGLR 1<o:p></o:p>See
also NANA AMPOFO KYEI BARFOUR v JUSTMOH CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD, DESPITE COMPANY
LIMITED [2017] DLSC 2602 DELIVERED ON 14 JUNE, 2017<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;I hereby treat this application as if it is
limited to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 7th
Respondents who were served with the motion. <o:p></o:p>