Tag Archives: Supreme Court

President Akufo-Addo has named three Court of Appeal Justices to fill the vacancies on the Supreme Court bench, resulting from the mandatory retirement of three Justices earlier this year. The appointed Justices are Henry Anthony Cofie, Yaw Asare Darko, and Richard Agyei Frimpong. The President’s decision comes after the retirements …

A former Appeals Court judge, Justice Saeed Kwaku Gyan has expressed his dismay at the Supreme Court’s handling of the 2020 Election Petition. Justice Gyan accused the Court of what he sees as shielding of Electoral Commissioner, Jean Mensa from being held accountable for her role in the election process. …

The Supreme Court has referred a case involving the estate of a deceased pastor to the Chief Justice to investigate the conduct of the judge and a Court Registrar involved in that case. In a unanimous decision Tuesday [June 6, 2023], a five-member panel of the apex court, presided over …

The Supreme Court has released the official document in which it declared as unconstitutional the election of James Gyakye Quayson as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North in the Central Region. This is after a seven-member panel of the apex court ordered Parliament to expunge the name of …

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision declared that it is unconstitutional for chiefs to endorse candidates or their party. The court, however, pointed out that chiefs praising or lauding the policy of a candidate is a permissible endorsement. Justice Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi who authored the November 2022 Judgment …

The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, dismissed a case filed against the regulation of plant breeders. Parliament in 2020 passed the Plant Variety Protection Act, 2020 (ACT 1050) to regulate breeders. A breeder under this law is a person who bred or discovered and developed a variety, the …

The Former Auditor General Daniel Yao Domelevo has reacted to the Supreme Court ruling which described as null and void his forced leave orchestrated by the Presidency. In a Citi News interview, Mr. Domelevo slammed the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for disrespecting the law. The Supreme Court gave the …

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision described as unconstitutional the directive from the Presidency that asked former Auditor-General Daniel Yao  Domelevo to proceed on leave. The court also described as unconstitutional the President’s appointment of an Acting Auditor General while there was a substantive Auditor-General as equally unconstitutional. …

Parliament will today, Friday, May 26, vet Justice Gertrude Torkonoo as Chief Justice. President Akufo-Addo in April nominated her to replace the now-retired Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah. The President subsequently informed Parliament of his decision and called for her speedy approval. He explained that was to avoid any vacuum …

A failed parliamentary candidate aspirant of the National Democratic Congress, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte has apologised for making denigrating remarks about the Supreme Court. According to the lecturer, he did not intend to “insult” the apex court when he wrote on social media that the court was being turned into a …