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MADAM NAFISA IDDRISU V. NORGA GRUMAH

(2013) JELR 68634 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/21/2012  •  24 May 2013  •  Ghana

Coram
WOOD (MRS.) CJ (PRESIDING), DOTSE JSC, YEBOAH JSC, BENIN JSC, AKAMBA JSC

Judgement

JUDGMENT

WOOD (MRS.), CJ;

It is rather unfortunate that what started off and was intended as a straightforward land transaction between the parties have caused needless financial and emotional pain and suffering to both parties through this protracted litigation which has spanned a period of eleven long years. It is even sadder still, that as the facts clearly demonstrate, this is as a result of the intransigence of the Lands Commission (Commission), the State organ with the constitutional responsibility of ensuring that property rights of individuals are protected. Evidently, it was their blatant failure to recognise the constitutional right of the appellant and give effect to it that has led to this long drawn out legal wrangle. I am led to believe that plainly, the matter posed such a grave dilemma to the Plaintiff/Respondent (Respondent), that she found herself so stuck between a hard place and a rock, she probably surmised it was more prudent and the lesser of the two evils to sue …

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