The Supreme Court has set aside an order by an Accra High court in the restoration of the residence and work permit of embattled Indian businessman, Ashok Kumar Sivaram.
According to the Justices of the Supreme court, the High Court Judge who sat on the case erred in granting the order of mandamus. The court also indicated that the High court Judge exceeded her jurisdiction in making the order. The Justices also added that mandamus could not be granted in the situation when the businessman has not gone through the administrative process of getting the revocation addressed.
The Comptroller of the Ghana Immigration Service appealed to the High Court ruling after it ordered him to restore the Indian businessman residence and work permit.
The Indian arrived on 2nd August, 2017 only for him to be detained by the immigration because he didn’t have a visa. He was subsequently deported on grounds that he’d forged his marriage certificate, an application for citizenship.
The high court on 31st July, 2017 declared the deportation of the Indian as illegal and an abuse of discretionary power on the part the the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery.
