The High Court in Accra has granted an application for joinder by Original Manufacturers and Embossment Company Limited (OMECL) in the case where Vehicle Embossment Association of Ghana (VEMAG) and 26 others are suing the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) over the enrollment of a digital scheme.
OMECL, the contractor engaged by DVLA to roll out the scheme, was joined as the second defendant without opposition from the plaintiffs.
Justice Isaac Addo, the presiding judge, said, “Upon hearing the applicant’s counsel and after reading the motion paper and affidavit in support with its annexure, and there being no opposition from the plaintiffs and the defendant, I hereby grant the application for joinder.
Accordingly, the Court said, “I join Original Manufacturers and Embossment Company Limited as the second defendant to this case.”
The plaintiffs’ lawyers, led by Martin Kpebu, had requested the court to abridge the time for hearing the application, stating they were not opposed to it.
The defendant’s counsel, Sigiri Edmund Kadiri, also expressed no opposition to the joinder application.
The court has directed the plaintiff to amend the writ of summons and statement of claim, and all other processes filed so far are to be served on OMECL.
The case has been adjourned to February 6, 2026.
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Background
The Vehicle Embossment Association of Ghana (VEMAG) and 26 others have filed a suits against the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) against rolling out a digital or any new vehicle number plate registration system.
Pending the determination of that suit, the Plaintiffs filed application for interlocutory injunction following a suit.
The Plaintiffs are seeking to restrain the DVLA from rolling out a digital or any new vehicle number plate registration system beginning January 2026.
The injunction requests that the DVLA be restrained from introducing digitalized vehicle number plates or any new registration plates until the court determines the merits of the case.
They are also asking that the DVLA be prevented from implementing any alternative arrangement for the embossment and supply of vehicle number plates outside the existing framework involving the plaintiffs.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
