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The Supreme Court has struck out, as withdrawn, a review application challenging its judgment on the constitutionality of Parliament’s passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly referred to as the anti-gay bill.
This follows the withdrawal of the application by the applicant, Richard Sky, through his lawyer, Paa Kwasi Abaidoo, when the case was called this morning (February 26).
The nine-member review panel, led by Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, accordingly struck out the case as withdrawn.
However, members of the bench expressed displeasure over Sky’s absence in court.
A Chief State Attorney, Sylvia Adisu, prayed the court to award costs against the applicant.
Justice Prof. Henrietta Joy Abena Nyarko Mensa-Bonsu questioned whether it was fair for the applicant to summon nine Justices of the apex court only to withdraw the application.
Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu also suggested that the court should impose costs on Sky, stating that, as a lawyer, he ought to have appeared before the court.
However, Justices Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi and Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu disagreed, arguing that the case was a public interest matter and that awarding costs to the state was unnecessary.
Before striking out the case as withdrawn, the president of the panel strongly expressed displeasure over the applicant’s absence.
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