{"id":1076014,"date":"2022-05-04T14:18:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/04\/supreme-court-dismisses-application-for-interlocutory-injunction\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:18:38","slug":"supreme-court-dismisses-application-for-interlocutory-injunction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/04\/supreme-court-dismisses-application-for-interlocutory-injunction\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court dismisses application for interlocutory injunction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG-20200506-WA0010-1-Copy-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Ghana's Supreme Court\" title=\"Ghana's Supreme Court\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghana&#8217;s Supreme Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>By a unanimous 7-0 decision, the Supreme Court has dismissed the application for an injunction case against the Electronic Transactions Levy (e-levy).<\/p>\n<p>Three Members of Parliament; Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu; Mahama Ayariga, the MP for Bawku Central; and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the MP for North Tongu; demanded  the Apex Court restrains the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) from implementing the E-Levy until the final determination of their suit challenging the constitutionality of its passage by Parliament.<br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong>The injunction application filed by their lawyer, Godwin Kudzo Tameklo, on April 19, 2022, \u201cavers that millions of people will suffer irreparable harm if the E-Levy Act is not put on hold and the court determines that its passage was unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong>According to the suit, GRA would be unable to reimburse the millions who would have paid the E-Levy while the 1992 constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, would have been undermined.<br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong>The Court, therefore, dismissed the application stating that, should the substantive case be heard and ruled as unconstitutional, the GRA should keep accurate record for reimbursement.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/FR61KkQX0AIOhsL\" alt=\"Image\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"AZykN1rIzUE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV News (3-5-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AZykN1rIzUE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana&#8217;s Supreme Court By a unanimous 7-0 decision, the Supreme Court has dismissed the application for an injunction case against the Electronic Transactions Levy (e-levy). 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