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Crime
Tier 2 employee pensions: NPRA to prosecute firms for failing to settle
The NPRA has so far recovered ¢6.2 million from some defaulting firms since July last year when it issued a legal action to them.
DL News1 July 2021
Courts
Huahi Royal Family wins land case against KNUST
A Kumasi High Court, Land Division presided over by Justice E. Senyo Amedahe has ruled that the Huahi Achama Tutuwaa Royal Family is lawful owner of the 1298.33 acres of lands located at Benimasi-Boadi in the Ashanti Region.
DL News30 June 2021
General
Parliament to pass anti-LGBTQ law by end of 2021
The Bill is expected to set out a legal regime that will ensure the prohibition of all LGBTQ activities in the country
DL News29 June 2021
Others
Top Mexican Court decriminalizes recreational cannabis
In an 8-3 decision, the court ruled that adults would be able to apply for permits to cultivate and consume their own cannabis
DL News29 June 2021
General
GPGC Scandal: CID petitioned to investigate Boakye Agyarko, Gloria Akufo, Godfred Dame
ASEPA is claiming that the three officials conspired to cancel the agreement while knowing the investments that had been made into the deal
DL News28 June 2021
General
Keeping a will after death of testator over 2 weeks is punishable by 10 years imprisonment – Legal Expert
The law makes it incumbent on anybody who has gotten a copy of that will, upon hearing of the testator’s death to lodge a copy of the will or the document at the Registry of the High Court within two weeks
DL News28 June 2021
Courts
Cable thief jailed 13 years in Cape Coast
The court convicted him on his own guilty plea.
DL News25 June 2021
US
Biden campaign workers and ex-state lawmaker sue ‘Trump Train’ members involved in dangerous Texas highway incident
“It is not the first time the Klan Act has been invoked this year in connection with acts carried out by Trump supporters before and after the election"
DL News25 June 2021
General
NADMO needs prosecutorial powers-Ashanti Regional Director
Mr.Kwabena Senkyere is unhappy with the fact that NADMO has no Legislative Instrument(LI) that empowers the organization to on its own, take on individuals who flout building laws of the Country.
DL News24 June 2021
Courts
The Receiver of Unibank can tender email correspondence-Judge to Duffuor,8 others
According to lawyers for A1, A2, A4 and A8, the email correspondence is private correspondence guaranteed by the 1992 Constitution.
DL News23 June 2021
Africa
Côte d’Ivoire: Former PM Soro sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting coup
Guillaume Soro has already been convicted of embezzlement and was sentenced last year to 20 years in prison
DL News23 June 2021
Africa
ECOWAS Court finds Mali in violation of widow’s right to dignity, awards victim USD 181,000 for damages
The case was filed in November 2019 by Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Malian partner Association pour le Progrès et le Défense des Droits des Femmes au Mali (APDF), on behalf of the victim.
DL News23 June 2021
Courts
Court puts injunction on Rev. Selina …over litigated land at Kwabenya
A High Court of justice at Amasaman presided over by His Lordship Justice Emmanuel Plange Brew last Friday granted injunction in favor of Fodas Estates Ltd(FEL) in a matter of land litigation brought against Faith International Chapel(FIC)...
DL News22 June 2021
General
Ghana’s laws do not reflect reality – UG Law student
She explained that what they are taught with regards to theories mostly defers from what she sees in reality
DL News21 June 2021
Crime
Police arrest gun-wielding young men from viral video
The three men who were seen wielding guns in a viral video uploaded shortly after the June 14 bullion van attack have been picked up by police in the Ashanti Region.
DL News18 June 2021
US
Jay-Z files lawsuit against Hip-Hop photographer Jonathan Mannion in likeness dispute
The rapper is accusing Mannion, who shot the iconic cover of his debut album Reasonable Doubt, of “exploiting” his name and image “without [his] consent.”
DL News18 June 2021
Courts
Court orders joiner of Baafi Hagan &Amp; CO… in Lands C’ssion case
Bestlink Ventures accused the defendants of selling it’s land without recourse to it
DL News18 June 2021
US
Supreme Court sides with Catholic foster agency that excludes same-sex couples in 9-0 ruling
The group claimed that “Philadelphia’s attempts to exclude the Catholic Church from foster care” violated the First Amendment.
DL News18 June 2021
Courts
Court throws out MFWA case against NCA, orders them to pay GHS2000 request fee
The MFWA had dragged the NCA to court after the regulator sent a letter asking the media foundation to pay GHS2,000 before they could be furnished with some details they sought.
DL News17 June 2021
Courts
Open your defence-Appeals Court to Opuni, Agongo
The two are on trial at the High Court for causing financial loss to the state to the tune of over GH¢217 million.
DL News17 June 2021