Lawyers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who are involved in the disputed Parliamentary Constituency results have filed processes at the Supreme Court to quash orders of the High Court.
The application which is seeking a Judicial Review in the nature of Certiorari to nullify Justice Forson Baah Agyepong’s decision to overrule their objection against the jurisdiction of the Court to hear the Mandamus application and the subsequent orders to EC to collate and declare winners.
The Application to the Supreme Court was filed on Monday, January 6, 2025 moments after the High Court in Accra was forced to adjourn hearing of their Application for Stay of Execution to January 13.
In Court on Monday, January 6, 2025 when the case was called for the hearing, it came up that, there was no proof of service on the parties by the Court Bailliff.
Victoria Mensah, the manageress of the Bailiffs who was summoned by the Court after her staff failed to perform their duties forcing the case to be adjourned said, she will query the Bailliffs involved.
“They (Bailiffs) were assigned the processes on Saturday (January 4, 2025) so this morning (Monday January 6), I called them to ask whether they have been able to serve the processes, the answer was the that the Applicants’ (NPP) solicitors firm was locked up so they could not serve him.
“They also did not get assess to the Clerk of Parliament and so they couldn’t serve it on Parliament,” the Manageress.
Justice Forson Baah Agyepong, the presiding judge said he expects the Manageress of the Bailliffs to deal with them for not performing their duties forcing the Court to adjourn the case to January 13.
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