Tag Archives: Supreme Court

A Private legal practitioner and Ghanaian journalist, Richard Dela Sky has filed a lawsuit against Parliament at the Supreme Court regarding the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill. On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Sky’s legal team submitted an application to the Supreme Court, seeking a declaration that the Human Sexual Rights …

A former Parliamentary Aspirant and youngest amongst the nine to contest for the Mfantsiman Constituency parliamentary Seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Michael Donatus Turkson says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s refusal to assent to the LGBTQ+ bill will hinder the country’s morality. In a …

The Minority in Parliament has served notice to go to the Supreme to challenge the validity of the five ministers who have been reassigned if they are not brought before Parliament to be screened. South Dayi Member of Parliament Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor argues that the ministers in question’s appointments were revoked …

The US Supreme Court has said it will hear a historic case to determine if Donald Trump can run for president. The justices agreed to take up Mr Trump’s appeal against a decision by Colorado to remove him from the 2024 ballot in that state. The case will be heard …

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s rejection of his application challenging the eligibility of former President John Dramani Mahama to contest the 2024 elections, Kenneth Agyei Kuranchie the Managing Editor of the Daily Searchlight has expressed his commitment to rectify the errors in his suit and return to court. …

Akolgo Yakubu Ayamga, an Assistant Superintendent of the Ghana Police Service and a practising lawyer was arrested and detained by the Supreme Court for contempt during court proceedings according to a report filed by thelawplatform.online.com The incident is said to have occurred on the 14th of November 2023 when Ayamga, …

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 …