By Francis Kobena Tandoh The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously dismissed an injunction application filed by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, which sought to halt the proceedings of a presidential committee investigating some petitions for her removal from office. Justice Torkornoo filed the application on May 21,Continue Reading
By Francis Kobena Tandoh Embattled Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo on Wednesday petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) to bar two of its justices; Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu from taking part in the proceedings that could lead to her possible removal from office. The application, filedContinue Reading
By Francis Kobena Tandoh Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin on Thursday accused President John Mahama of packing the Supreme Court with the recent appointment of seven Court of Appeal judges as a clandestine attempt to pursue a third-term in office agenda. Speaking at a press conference in the Ghanaian capitalContinue Reading
By Francis Kobena Tandoh The President, John Dramani Mahama has nominated seven Justices of the Court of Appeal to the country’s Supreme Court, this is according to a statement released here on Wednesday. The statement signed by Calistus Mahama, Secretary to the President and addressed to Acting Chief Justice, HisContinue Reading
By Ghana Eye Report The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned indefinitely the hearing of a suit challenging the processes being used to potentially remove Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Essaba Sackey Torkornoo from office. According to the apex court, the case was adjourned on the basis that some 50 State AttorneysContinue Reading
The Supreme Court in the United States on Tuesday blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government. The justices acted in the administration’s emergency appeal of a ruling by a federal judge inContinue Reading
The Supreme Court is set to hear a suit today Wednesday, April 9, on a petition involving the legality or otherwise of a process seeking to remove the Chief Justice (CJ) Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo from office. The suit, filed by Old Tafo Member of Parliament (MP) Vincent EkowContinue Reading
