The Supreme Court has dismissed another application by former Chief Executive of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Ernest Thompson challenging the decision of an Accra High Court where he is standing trial.
The application is seeking the leave of the Apex Court to stay proceedings at the High Court pending the determination of an appeal against the decision the court had earlier dismissed.The application follows the decision of the trial court presided over by Justice Anthony Kwofie, to dismiss the application for stay of proceedings pending the determination of the case at the Court of Appeal.
The Supreme Court in July this year dismissed a similar application filed by John Hagan Mensah, Information Technology Infrastructure Manager of SSNIT who was seeking to overturn the decision.
Appearing before a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, presided over by Justice Sulemana Gbadegbe, lawyer for Mr.Thompson, Samuel Codjoe told the court that the charges levelled against his client are defective as the charge sheet did not indicate how he caused financial loss to the state.
He contended that they were before the Supreme Court to ensure that the prosecution complied with the provisions of Article 19 Clause 2D of the 1992 Constitution.
The state represented by Richard Gyambibi an assistant State Attorney opposed the application saying the matter had already been determined by the Supreme Court in relation to another case.
He said the current application by lawyer for the former SSNIT Directer General is a waste of time.
The panel after listening to the arguments dismissed the application saying the grounds for granting such leaves have not been met as no exceptional circumstances had been raised.
