THE REPUBLIC V. NATIONAL MEDIA COMMISSION & NATIONAL COMMUNICATION
AUTHORITY EX PARTE: MEDIA GENERAL GHANA LTD. & MG TELEVISION LTD.
(2024) JELR 112174 (CA)
Court of Appeal
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H1/104/2024
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25 Jul 2024
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Ghana
Coram
DENNIS ADJEI, JA (PRESIDING)
GIFTY AGYEI-ADDO (MRS), JA
STEPHEN OPPONG, JA
Appearances
YAW B. BONSU APPEARING WITH MINA ADJOA FLEISCHER FOR THE 2ND RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.
AZIZ BAABA WIFE, B. FUSEINI & HEBAH A. NASIRI MUFTAR FOR THE APPELLANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.
Judgement
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>J U D G M E N T</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>ADJEI, J.A:</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify">The Applicants/Respondents in this appeal filed an application for judicial review under Order 55 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004, C.I. 47 against the Respondents/Appellants herein in the High Court (Human Rights Division) Accra. The impugned acts of the Respondent, which is the subject matter of the judicial review application, are contained in the deposition made by Sena Edekor, an in-house counsel for the Applicants/Respondents. For the purposes of this appeal, the Applicants/Respondents shall be referred to as the Applicants, and the 2nd Respondent/Appellant shall be referred to as the Respondent. The 1st Respondent shall maintain its designation in the High Court as it is not a party to this interlocutory appeal before this Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify">The reliefs being claimed by the Applicants against the Respondents are as follows:</p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>“a. <em>A declaration that the directives contained in the letters issued by the 1st Respondent dated 14th November 2023 and 21st Nov…</em></strong></p>