Tag Archives: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an application for a review of its decision on the injunction granted by a High Court in Ho stopping the gazetting of John Peter Amewu as the Member of Parliament for Hohoe in the Volta Region. A 7-member panel of the Supreme Court on …

Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South Constituency says he is not surprised that the Supreme Court’s verdict on the election petition went in favour of President Akufo-Addo and the Electoral Commission. Speaking to JoyNews, Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije stated that the Supreme Court judges’ denial of the many applications lawyer of …

The General Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has not seen its worst defeat despite its loss in both the 2020 general elections and election petition trial. “For us, it is a vindication of the confidence that the people of …

The Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, has asked media practitioners in the country to be decorous in their commentaries towards the members of the judicial arm of government. At a press conference on Tuesday, a Supreme Court Judge, Yonny Kulendi who was speaking on behalf of the Chief Justice noted that …

Lawyers of the Judicial Service of Ghana have cautioned all media houses in the country to desist from publishing hateful, indecent and offensive statements against judges. Their concern, they say “arises from the publication and/or permitting the publication of a series of incendiary, hateful and offensive statements, and speeches on …

Contrary to assertions by the legal team of former President John Dramani Mahama in the ongoing election petition that neither their client nor President Akufo-Addo got the required votes to secure victory in the 7 December 2020 presidential polls, the National Democratic Congress’ own General Secretary, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, …

A member of John Mahama’s legal team in the ongoing election petition, Sammy Gyamfi is calling on all supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to remain steadfast despite the dismissal of several applications filed by the petitioner at the Supreme Court.   “Those who are crestfallen, those who are …

The Supreme Court will today hear oral arguments by the petitioner in the 2020 election petition hearing who is seeking a review of the ruling that stopped him from reopening his case. The lawyers for the 2020 NDC Presidential Candidate, who is also the petitioner, John Dramani Mahama filed for …

  The President of the Fourth Republic, H.E  Akufo-Addo says the former president John  Mahama’s election petition does not measure up to the legal criteria for an action by the Supreme Court. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has responded to the 2020 election petition of John Mahama, describing it as …

  Lawyers of the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) were at the Supreme Court to formally file their petition against the results of the 2020 Presidential elections as declared by the Electoral Commission. This was in line with Article 64(1) of the 1992 Constitution, which states that …