THE REPUBLIC vs THE PRESIDENT, CENTRAL REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS & 2 ORS EX PARTE: OBREMPONG NYANFUL KRAMPAH XI [2023]DLSC16114

THE REPUBLIC vs THE PRESIDENT, CENTRAL REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS & 2 ORS EX PAR... [2023]DLSC16114

Date	2023-06-21
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/90/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLSC16114

PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING)

OWUSU (MS.) JSC.

AMADU JSC.

ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC.

ASIEDU JSC.

DANIEL ARTHUR ESQ.

MICHAEL ARTHUR ESQ

ROLAND ATTA KESSON HAMILTON ESQ

ALEXANDER K. K. ABBAN ESQ

BENEDICT BOSU SIMPSON ESQ.

[2023]DLSC16114
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE PRESIDENT, CENTRAL REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS/APPELLANT/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;EX PARTE: OBREMPONG NYANFUL KRAMPAH XI<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&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;&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><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;">

CIVIL
APPEAL NO. J4/90/2022&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;DATE: 21ST JUNE, 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>DANIEL ARTHUR ESQ. FOR INTERESTED PARTY/APPELLANT/APPELLANT LED BY
MICHAEL ARTHUR ESQ<o:p></o:p>ROLAND ATTA KESSON HAMILTON ESQ. FOR 1ST RESPONDENT/ APPELLANT/
APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>ALEXANDER K. K. ABBAN ESQ. FOR 2ND RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/ &nbsp;APPELLANT<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;">

BENEDICT BOSU SIMPSON ESQ. FOR
APPLICANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING),
OWUSU (MS.) JSC., AMADU JSC., ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC., ASIEDU JSC.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div><a name="_Hlk13039370">ACKAH-YENSU
(MS.) JSC:-<o:p></o:p></a>&nbsp;INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>It is common knowledge that chieftaincy is one of the most enduring
traditional institutions in Ghana, which has displayed remarkable resilience
from pre-colonial through colonial to post-colonial times.&nbsp; The social value of the institution is given
widespread recognition by the Ghanaian public.&nbsp;
Nevertheless, the rights of even chiefs are subject to regulation.&nbsp;&nbsp; Indeed, as Coussey, JA observed in Republic
v Techiman Traditional Council, Ex Parte Tutu [1982-83] GLR 996 at 999:<o:p></o:p>“Chieftaincy, since the British colonial administration, has been
governed by statute and this has continued since the independence of Ghana in
1957”.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Thus, the institution of chieftaincy, although it has evolved in
accordance with customary law, has been subjected to regulation by statute
since the advent of British colonialism in Ghana.&nbsp; This remains true even now, subject to the
qualification that Article 270 of the 1992 Constitution limits the extent of
statutory intervention permitted in relation to the institution of chieftaincy.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Undoubtedly,
the involvement of legislation, and government’s participation in chiefly
affairs, is not to re-invent and create a novel approach to our traditional
administration systems, but, rather, supplement and make more efficacious, that
hallowed traditional institution of chieftaincy. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
institution of chieftaincy and all of its traditional councils, though long
established and recogni</main>