HISLORDSHIP JUSTICE PAUL UUTER DERY AND HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE GILBERT AYISI ADDO V. THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL, THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE OF GHANA AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

JUDGEMENT

ANSAH JSC.

Whereas the 1^st plaintiff is a citizen of Ghana and a High Court Judge who proceeded on an administrative leave and has just resumed sitting as a judge, the 2^{nd plaintiff} is also a citizen of Ghana and a Justice of the High Court of Ghana but currently is under suspension; both plaintiffs bring this action to invoke the original jurisdiction of this court by issuing a writ under article 130 (1) (a) and 2 (1) (a) of the 1992 constitution for reliefs; they together filed an amended writ of summons on 28/01/16, for the following reliefs, namely:

a) A declaration that the decision of the 1^st defendant on 16^th December 2015, which is contained in letters dated 8^th and 11^th January, 2016, purporting to place the plaintiffs on “half salary with immediate effect”, is inconsistent with and in contravention of Article 127(5) of the 1992 Constitution and therefore unconstitutional, null and void.

On 26^th April, 2016, this court struck out the 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and 6^th defendants fr…