Statement of Facts: Mohammed Addul Rahim Baba Salifa, the applicant, was sent to live with a guardian in Guinea for schooling in 1965. The applicant suffered ill-treatment from his guardian and escaped to Sierra Leone. In Sierra Leone, he sought the assistance of the Ghana High Commissioner to help him return to his parents in […]
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Statement of Facts: Following the release of Mohammed Abdul Rahim Baba Salifa on the order of the High Court in the Ex Parte Salifa (no 1),[2] the Special Branch of the Police Service rearrested him. This time, he was accused of subversion. His father subsequently filed a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum and prayed
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Statement of Facts: The respondent, a Nigerian citizen resident in Ghana, was arrested by the army authorities on suspicion of having committed the offence of stealing. At the time, the army had the power to arrest and prosecute just like the police. The Attorney-General gave a written consent for the respondent to be detained for
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Ghana Bar Association v. Attorney-General and AbbanStatement of fact: The President of the Republic of Ghana nominated Mr Justice Isaac Kobina Abban, a justice of the Supreme Court for approval by Parliament as the Chief Justice. This was done in anticipation of the retirement of the then Chief Justice, Mr Justice P. E. N. K.
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New Patriotic Party v. Attorney-General[1] (31st December Case) Statement of fact: The Government of the National Democratic Congress on 19th December 1993 announced the observation of 31st December 1993 as a public holiday under an existing law, the Public Holidays Law, 1989 (PNDCL 220). This holiday was in commemoration of the 31st December 1981 revolution
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Tuffour v. Attorney-General [1980] GLR 637-667 [1] With the coming into force of the 1979 Constitution, the incumbent Chief Justice, Mr Justice Fred Kwasi Apaloo, was purported to be nominated as Chief Justice by the President of the Republic of Ghana in consultation with the Judicial Council. Parliament purported to vet the said Mr Apaloo
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Re Akoto and 7 Others[1] Statement of Facts: The appellants were arrested and detained under the Preventive Detention Act, 1958 issued by the Governor General and signed by the minister of interior. They brought a case before the High Court for writs of Habeas Corpus, but the High Court refused them. They subsequently appealed against
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Marbury v. Madison[1] Introduction: This is a seminal constitutional law case where for the first time in history, on February 24, 1803, the US Supreme Court declared an act of Congress to be unconstitutional, thereby establishing Judicial Review. Background: & Facts: The case occurred in the context of a presidential transition period. The incumbent president,
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Mrs Margaret Banful & Henry Nana Boakye v. The Attorney-General & The Ministry of Interior Supreme Court Writ No. Jl/7/2016 22nd June 2017 Facts: There was an agreement made in 2016 between the Government of the United States of America and the President This sought to transfer to Ghana for settlement two Yemeni citizen: held
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