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The Supreme Court has adjourned to March 5, the case filed by former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu against Alfred Woyome, Waterville Holdings, and Austro- Invest and the then Attorney General, Benjamin Kumbuor over the payment of judgment debts. Mr. Amidu is seeking an order to be directing Mr. Woyome, Waterville and Austro- Invest to refund to the Republic of Ghana, all sums of money paid to them severally or jointly upon or as a result of the unconstitutional conduct of the AG. Mr. Amidu filed the writ independently at the Supreme Court because, according to him, the then Attorney General, Benjamin Kumbour, showed no interest in retrieving the illegitimate judgment debt. Citi News� Rabiu Alhassan who was present at the hearing reported that one of the respondents in the case, Austro- Invest �as at 25th July, 2011 had been liquidated in Switzerland but as at November 2011, the shareholder in Austro-Invest, even though the company had been liquidated was in Ghana and had been to court to prosecute a matter; that is he had gone to court to get some ruling against Alfred Woyome who is the fourth respondent in this particular mater.� He further stated that the three respondents, Alfred Woyome, Waterville Holdings and the Benjamin Kumbuor, �filed an application for leave to extend their case and be given the opportunity to file their statement of case. They wanted time to get some relevant materials to bring before court.� Mr. Woyome and Waterville Holdings however �attached their application with a draft of their statement of case to show how ready they [were] to expeditiously deal with the case,� he added. The then Attorney General, Benjamin Kumbuor was represented in court by a State Attorney, Dorothy Afriyie Ansah, the second respondent, Waterville was represented by Kofi Boadu and the fourth respondent, Alfred Woyome was represented by Osafo Boabeng. Mr. Amidu, Mr. Woyome and the representatives of Waterville and Austro-Invest were all present in court.