Tag Archives: Supreme Court

Unsuccessful National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary hopeful for Shai Osudoku and lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, has been summoned by the Supreme Court to present just cause as to why he should not be held in contempt for allegedly denigrating the nation’s highest judicial body and …

The Supreme Court has in a majority 5-4 decision affirmed its view that the law allowing cultivation of weed in Ghana was unconstitutionally passed by Parliament. Presiding Judge Justice Dotse stated that the threshold a party ought to meet to enable it to review its own judgement has not been …

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Kwasi Anin Yeboah is set to retire today, May 24. The 70-year-old served for five years since taking over from retired Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo in 2019. Earlier this month, President Akufo-Addo informed Parliament of his decision to appoint Justice Gertrude Torkonoo as …

Mr. James Gyakye Quayson is not enthused with the Supreme Court’s ruling, which nullified his election as the Member of Parliament for the Assin North constituency. However, despite his disagreement with the ruling, he stated that he will not pursue further litigation. “I am, of course, disappointed by the Court’s …

The Minority in Parliament has said that the decision of the Supreme Court to expel Mr James Gyakye Quayson from the house and his name expunged from the records of the House is a slap in the face of Ghana’s democracy and rule of law. In a statement reacting to …

The Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamkepor has gone to the Supreme Court over the appointment of two new members– Hajia Salima Ahmed Tijani and Dr Peter Appiahene– to the Electoral Commission’s Board. The lawmaker added the Electoral Commission and the Attorney General of the Republic of Ghana …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Appointments Committee of Parliament to play its patriotic duties by approving his Supreme Court justice nominees; Justice Ernest Yao Gaewu and Justice George Kingsley Koomson. The two justices were among four justices nominated by the president in July 2022 for elevation to …

An aspirant for the position of National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Brogya Genfi has filed a suit against Tolon MP, Habib Iddrisu. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) activist wants the Supreme Court to annul Mr. Iddrisu’s election as a legislator in the 2020 parliamentary polls. According …

Ghana’s former President, John Dramani Mahama says it will take a new Chief Justice to repair the ‘broken image’ of the Judiciary. According to him, the current leadership of the Judiciary lacks what it takes to redeem its sunken image, hence the need for a new Chief Justice. Addressing a …

The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional the law which permits license to be granted for the cultivation of cannabis or ‘wee’ in small quantities for industrial and medicinal purposes. Section 43 of Act 1019 of the Narcotics Commission Act stipulates that “the Minister on the recommendation of the Commission, …