The Judicial Service of Ghana has sued the Lawyer Normal and two others over encroachment on the residences of former judges.
The 2 others joined within the swimsuit are the Lands Fee and Frimps Oil Firm Restricted.
The matter in controversy is a bit of land reverse the US Embassy in Cantonments, Accra.
The Judicial Service is asserting its declare to the land and 6 bungalows, alleging in its swimsuit filed on the Accra Excessive Court docket that these properties are being encroached upon.
Mandy Dzifa Kwawukume, the solicitor for the Judicial Service, detailed within the writ that the contested area and bungalows have just lately served as residences for a number of justices, together with Justices Yaw Appau, Clemence Honyenugah, and Vida Akoto Bamfo.
A complete of 14 residences, together with one belonging to the Robin Batu household, are affected by this encroachment.
The Judicial Service’s authorized motion seeks to halt the developments and reclaim the property, emphasising the importance of those residences to the judiciary.
Amongst different issues, the service seeks a declaration that they’re lawful occupants of the land and bungalows reverse the US Embassy, labelled Plot 3A to 3F, with six homes.
Moreover, they need a declaration that any purported sale, lease, grant or disposal of the land and bungalows reverse the American Embassy is unconstitutional and illegal.
Additionally they need a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants or their brokers from coming into, endeavor or purporting to undertake the sale, lease, grant or disposal of the land.