THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, ACCRA (CRIMINAL LAW DIVISION 5) EX PARTE: BENJAMIN AKUFFO DARKO ATTORNEY GENERAL & INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE [2024]DLSC17459

THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, ACCRA (CRIMINAL LAW DIVISION 5) EX PARTE: BENJAM... [2024]DLSC17459

Date	2024-03-05
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J5/18/2024
Citation No.	[2024]DLSC17459

AMADU JSC

KULENDI JSC

ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC

GAEWU JSC

DARKO ASARE JSC

OLIVER BARKER-VORMAWOR ESQ.

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<a name="_Hlk161040248"></a><a name="_Hlk152146143"><span style="font-size:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">THE REPUBLIC <o:p></o:p></a>

(DEFENDANT)<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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CIVIL
APPEAL NO. J5/18/2024&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
5TH &nbsp;MARCH 2024<o:p></o:p>

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

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">OLIVER BARKER-VORMAWOR ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>

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AMADU JSC<o:p></o:p>

KULENDI JSC<o:p></o:p>

ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC <o:p></o:p>

GAEWU JSC<o:p></o:p>

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DARKO ASARE JSC:<o:p></o:p>

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The Applicant herein
describes himself as an Associate Programmes Officer of the Democracy Hub, a
Civil Society Organisation, registered under the laws of the Republic of Ghana;
On the 5th of December
2023, the Applicant
filed an application invoking the Supervisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court pursuant to Article 132 of the Constitution 1992 and Rule 61 of the
Supreme Court Rules C. I. 16 of 1996. In
these proceedings learned Counsel moves the court on behalf of the Applicant
for an order of certiorari to remove into this Court for the purpose of being
quashed the decision of the High Court Accra, Criminal Division, dated the 22nd
of November 2023 Coram: Her Ladyship Lydia Osei Marfo (Mrs); and for such further
order or orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit.<o:p></o:p>

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