General News of Tuesday, 9 April 2019Source: ghananewsagency.orgCourt dismisses contempt application against FDADelese Mimi Darko with her lawyerThe Financial and Economic Crimes Division Court of the Accra High Court on Monday dismissed a contempt application against the Food and Drugs Authority by the Cosmetic Association of Ghana (CAG). The Court, presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare-Botchwe, held that the FDA must not be hindered from carrying out its statutory duty. Its hands ought not to be tied by an injunction application, the Court stated. Therefore, a contempt application against FDA would not proper, especially when the CAG’s application was premised on a pending injunction flowing out of a writ of summons and a statement of claim as well as a motion involving the supervisory jurisdiction of the Court. The court questioned why the applicant had failed to move its injunction application filed over 15 months ago.

Source: GhanaWeb April 08, 2019 19:41 UTC