Court Record Book Vanishes....

… PENDING CASES FROZEN FOR 3 YEARS

Hearing of over 100 cases pending before the Sunyani High Court has been halted for the past three years. This situation has been brought about by the mysterious loss of the court’s civil records book. The unfortunate incident has created a big vacuum in the court with litigants agitating to have their cases heard without further delay.

Although the book has gone missing for about three years, the loss came to light only last year when a High Court judge, Justice Baffoe Bonnie, then quite new at Sunyani called a case which was near completion. A son of one of the people involved in the case had petitioned the Chief Justice over the delay in continuing with the case prompting the Judge to call up the case contained in a book titled Volume 28.

A deputy Chief Registrar, C. K. Buor was questioned by the judge but he mentioned the senior typist, F. K. Mensah, who confirmed in an open court that the book could not be found.

Mr Mensah confirmed that the loss of the book had not only halted proceedings of over 100 cases but had also created a vacuum at the court.

The Judicial Service says it is leaving no stone unturned to unravel the circumstances that led to the loss of the book and to bring whoever is behind the plot to book.