The court case seeking to restrain the Electoral Commission from receiving filing fees from Presidential and Parliamentary nominees has been adjourned to Friday, October 7, 2016.

The PPP applied for an interlocutory injunction, arguing that the fee being charged by the Commission was “arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable.”

The matter was originally supposed to be heard on October 11 but counsel for the EC filed an abridgment of time motion praying the court to move the hearing to an earlier date.

The court, Presided over by Justice Daniel Mensah fixed Thursday, October 6, 2016 as the date to hear the abridgment of time motion.

However, as hearing commenced Thursday morning, counsel for the petitioner and the defendant argued over the absence of a representative from the Attorney General’s Department.

Counsel for the EC, Thaddeus Sori argued that the matter could be heard since the injunction application in which they were requesting an abridgment of time to, will ultimately affect the EC and not the state.

But lawyer for the PPP, Dennis Ofosu Appiah disagreed. He argued that the fee once accepted by the EC will be lodged with the State, which the Attorney General represents, hence the need for her presence.

Thaddeus Sori then provided the court with a document showing that the AG had been served with all the documents.

He thus directed the parties to argue on the abridgment of time motion, this was not opposed by the PPP.

After the arguments, Justice Mensah granted the motion moving hearing of the matter from October 11 to Friday, October 7.