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DAVID KWADZO AMETEFE V. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MARTIN ALAMISI AMIDU

(2017) JELR 65007 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  WRIT NO: J1/3/2017  •  1 Feb 2017  •  Ghana

Coram
AKUFFO (MS) JSC (PRESIDING), ANSAH JSC, ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC, DOTSE JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, GBADEGBE JSC ,BENIN JSC

Judgement

RULING ON PRELIMINARY OBJECTION

S. A. B. AKUFFO (MS) JSC

Brief Background

On 23rd November 2016, the Plaintiff herein, in his capacity as a citizen of Ghana, caused to be issued in this Court a writ against the Defendants herein claiming the following reliefs:-

“1. A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Articles 2(1), 128, 130 and 134 of the 1992 Constitution a single Justice of the Supreme (Court) has no jurisdiction to determine matter(s) involving the interpretation and enforcement of the Constitution.

2. A declaration that the ruling of his Lordship Justice Anin Yeboah, JSC, sitting as a single Justice of the Supreme Court, delivered on 16th November 2016 in the case intituled Martin Alamisi Amidu v. The Attorney General and 2 Ors (Civil Motion No. J8/9/2017) granting the opportunity to Martin Alamisi Amidu to execute the judgment in Martin Alamisi Amidu v. The Attorney General and 2 Ors Suit No. J7/10.2013 is inconsistent with the provisions of Articles 2(1), 128,…

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