THE REPUBLIC v. EBENEZER LAMPTEY; EX-PARTE: REGINA LAMPTEY

Applicant has before the Court, a motion on notice praying for an order to commit

the Respondent to prison for his contumacious disregard and interference towards

the administration of justice so as to prevent people of similar minds from

interfering with court processes and the administration of justice.

Applicant’s Counsel relies on the motion paper and all the annexures attached to the

application as Exhibits A, B, C, & D series. It is the case of the Applicant that she

commenced an action against the Respondent as Omanbatan of her family at the

District Court, Kasoa. That during the course of the proceedings, an injunction

application was filed and was granted by the District Court, a copy of the injunction

application has been attached as Exhibit A. It is Applicant’s case that when the

injunction was granted, the Applicant caused a copy of the order granting the

interlocutory injunction to be served on the Respondent and a copy of proof of

service is attached to the instant application as Exhibit B which was served on the

Respondent on the 27th day of May, 2022. Applicant contends that having served a

copy of the order on the Respondent, he has disregarded this order and is interfering

with the subject matter of the dispute by grading portion of the land and putting up

unlawful structures through his agents and privies of which they attached to the

instant application the Exhibit D series.

Applicant’s Counsel again submits that with or without the order of the Court, that

is the District Court granting the injunction application, the Respondent did not have

any business whatsoever to interfere with the subject matter which is currently

pending before the said court. That Respondent ought to have through his agents

and privies, preserved the status quo ante pending the determination of the case by

the District Court. That having failed to respect the sanctity of the Court by going

ahead to grade the land which is in dispute before a court, put up sign post on the

portion of the land as well, mounting pillars, depositing sand and trips of gravels as

well on the land by the Respondent and through his agents and privies, it is a clear

indication that the Respondent does not respect the Court and did not have the

patience to wait for the Court to determine the matter that was before the said Court.

Counsel prays that the instant application is granted and the Respondent punished

to serve as deterrent to other people with simil