ABUSUAPANIN TUPAC AND LUMBA WIFE TRUST ON TRIAL: WHEN THE COURTS DEFY COMMON SENSE. Ghanaians are used to strange court decisions, but what is unfolding lately should worry anyone who believes in justice. Yes, courts can revisit their own rulings. That is normal. But the law is clear on how it must be done. Appeals. Reviews. Proper procedures. Transparency. Not shortcuts taken in the shadows. So how do we explain a situation in which a judge delivers a ruling in open court, listens to arguments and counterarguments, then dismisses the court, only to suddenly recall a lawyer without the plaintiff present and change the ruling shortly after? That is not clarification. That is not a correction. That is a red flag. The Supreme Court has repeatedly stressed the principle of finality in judgments. Once a court has ruled, it becomes functus officio. Its job is done, unless specific legal steps are followed. And even then, natural justice and fairness must be protected at all costs. In this ca...
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