Tag Archives: Contempt

The Supreme Court is being asked to impose sanctions on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin for allowing the House to proceed with the anti-LGBTQ+ bill despite pending legal actions. Researcher Dr Amanda Odoi contends that the Speaker has treated court processes with disdain and contempt. “The respondent has continually …

The former Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Mustapha Ahmed, has been sentenced to seven days imprisonment by the Accra High Court (Financial and Economic Crime Division 2), for contempt of court. On June 12, 2019, the court in a judge­ment, granted perpetual injunction restrain­ing the former minister, then the …