The Judicial Service of Ghana has sued the Attorney General and two others over encroachment on the residences of former judges.
The two others joined in the suit are the Lands Commission and Frimps Oil Company Limited.
The matter in controversy is a piece of land opposite the US Embassy in Cantonments, Accra.
The Judicial Service is asserting its claim to the land and six bungalows, alleging in its suit filed at the Accra High Court that these properties are being encroached upon.
Mandy Dzifa Kwawukume, the solicitor for the Judicial Service, detailed in the writ that the contested space and bungalows have recently served as residences for several justices, including Justices Yaw Appau, Clemence Honyenugah, and Vida Akoto Bamfo.
A total of 14 residences, including one belonging to the Robin Batu family, are affected by this encroachment.
The Judicial Service’s legal action seeks to halt the developments and reclaim the property, emphasising the significance of these residences to the judiciary.
Among other things, the service seeks a declaration that they are lawful occupants of the land and bungalows opposite the US Embassy, labelled Plot 3A to 3F, with six houses.
Additionally, they want a declaration that any purported sale, lease, grant or disposal of the land and bungalows opposite the American Embassy is unconstitutional and unlawful.
They also want a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants or their agents from entering, undertaking or purporting to undertake the sale, lease, grant or disposal of the land.