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ABDEL KARIM SOUBRA V. STRONG DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

(2019) JELR 108010 (HC)

High Court  •  SUIT NO.: CM/MISC/0100/19  •  22 Jan 2019  •  Ghana

Coram
ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH

Judgement

RULING

MENSAH-HOMIAH, J.

The preliminary objection by Counsel for the Applicant raises one pertinent issue for  determination, that is, whether a Respondent to an application brought under Section 217 of the  Companies Act, 1963 Act 179 can invoke the Court’s jurisdiction by counter-claiming for the  removal of a Director of an incorporated Company. 

It is provided under Section 185 of the Companies Act, 1963, Act 179 that: 

“(1) Subject to Section 300 and to this Section, a Company may by ordinary resolution at  a general meeting remove from office all or any of the directors despite anything in its Regulations  or in an agreement with the Director.  

(2) A resolution to remove a director shall not be moved at a general meeting unless notice of the  intention to move it has been given to the Company not less than thirty-five (35) days before the  meeting at which it is to be moved. 

(3) If after notice of the intention to move the resolution is given to the Company, a meeting is  cal…

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