The seven-member Supreme Court panel hearing the 2020 election petition has dismissed a motion by former President John Mahama seeking to inspect some documents of the Electoral Commissions.
The court presided over by Chief Justice Kwasi Annin Yeboah said the petitioner has not proven that he does not already have the documents they are asking to inspect.
The Supreme Court through Chief Justice Kwasi Annin Yeboah said;
“It is our thinking that where a party is already in possession of a copy of a document mentioned in another party’s pleadings, it is unnecessary to apply or for the court to make an order for inspection and making copies of the document in question.
By virtue of the Evidence Act, 1975(NRCD 323), s 166, the duplicate copies of these documents are admissible to the same extent as the originals in the custody of the second respondent”.
Former President Mahama is challenging the validity of the presidential results declared by the Electoral Commission on December 9, 2020, which saw Presidency Akufo-Addo retaining the Presidency.
