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DANIEL DORKPOH V. ATTORNEY-GENERAL

(2013) JELR 108005 (HC)

High Court  •  INDL 67/11  •  21 Feb 2013  •  Ghana

Coram
KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU J

Appearances
Evans Dzikunu for the Plaintiff Mary Lilian Agyekum for the Defendant

Judgement

JUDGMENT

The Plaintiff herein Daniel Dorkpoh, a former District Magistrate at Akatsi in the VoltaĀ  Region of the Republic of Ghana commenced the instant action against the Defendant on 7th February, 2011 for the following reliefs:Ā 

a. A declaration that the failure of the Chief Justice or the Judicial Service to serveĀ  him with the petition dated 12th January, 2010, for him to have responded to theĀ  same, prior to the said hearing was in breach of the audi alteram partem ruleĀ  and therefore he was not given a fair hearing.Ā 

b. A declaration that the punishment meted out to the Plaintiff regarding theĀ  remand of the said Petitioner over a civil debt was too severe or excessive,Ā  having regard to the fact that he had never fallen foul of the law in theĀ  performance of his duties as a Magistrate.Ā 

c. A declaration that the dismissal of the Plaintiff from the service without a priorĀ  confirmation by the President amounts to unlawful dismissal.Ā 

d. An order that the Plaintiff be reinstated.Ā 

e. …

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