An Accra High Court has thrown out a suit seeking to place a perpetual injunction on the construction of Empire Cement Ghana Limited’s factory.
The McCarthy Hill Residents Association, in August 2021, went to court to place the injunction on all construction activities by the company, which is under the One District One Factory (1D1F) project.
According to them, the area will be affected by air pollution if the factory is constructed.
The court presided over by Justice Joseph Adu Owusu Agyemang struck out the injunction application after the plaintiffs filed a notice of discontinuance.
The court also asked the residents association to pay an amount of ¢5,000 to the company for wasting the court's time and the Directors of the company.
Lawyers for the company after the ruling said due to the injunction application, the company had no option other than to confine itself to due process.
According to Empire Cement, the Plaintiffs have done extreme damage to the company, and they are seeking advice from their lawyer for the appropriate action to take against the Plaintiffs.
The McCarthy Hill Residents Association was represented by Anthony Forson (Jnr), whilst the company was represented by Paul U. Dery.
On Tuesday, September 7, 2021, the court ordered all operations in connection with the construction to halt until a determination was made.
They later withdrew an application to join the suit in support of Empire Cement by a group from Tetegu, a community around the McCarthy Hill area, due to what they described as certain anomalies in their application to join.
The leadership of the McCarthy Hill Residents Association are yet to comment on the court's ruling.
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