Tag Archives: Supreme Court

The Minority is not backing down on their bid to prevent the implementation of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) Bill. Parliament is now waiting on President Akufo-Addo to assent to the approved tax.   The Majority in Parliament approved the E-Levy after the Minority walked out saying the tax is …

The Supreme Court says no arm of government is a law unto itself. This is one of many legal arguments the Apex Court marshalled in support of its decision that cleared a Deputy Speaker of Parliament to vote and be counted as part of a quorum for decision making. Read …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has criticized President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s remarks on the Supreme Court’s judgment that declared Deputy Speakers of having the capacity to vote while presiding. The Speaker says he would have been mute on the judgment but for the “unfortunate and myopic” utterances by …

President Nana Akufo-Addo says the decision of the Supreme Court on the voting rights of Deputy Speakers cannot amount to judicial inference in the work of Parliament.   According to him, the suggestion that Parliament is beyond the scrutiny of the Supreme Court is to suggest that Parliament is a …

The Supreme Court of Ghana has set a dangerous precedent of judicial interference in Parliamentary procedure following the ruling that a Deputy Speaker can vote in Parliament.         In a tweet, the former president of Ghana,  Mr John Dramani Mahama said “A unanimous 7-0? Shocking but not surprising. …

The Supreme Court has ruled that a Deputy Speaker of Parliament can be counted during the formation of a quorum for parliamentary decision-making and participation in voting. The Court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse, therefore, affirmed the approval of the 2022 budget without NDC MPs’ participation. Private Legal Practitioner …

A seven-member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Jones Victor Mawulorm Dotse has set 9 March 2022 to rule in the case of Justice Abdulai versus Attorney General. Justice Abdulai, a law lecturer at the University of Professional Studies (UPSA), is seeking a declaration that it is unconstitutional for …

The second witness for former President John Mahama in the 2020 Election Petition trial, Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte, has levelled fresh allegations against the Supreme Court for its determination of the case. He has stated unequivocally that the Court was afraid to objectively decide on the matter, adding that the Justices …

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has told the Supreme Court that its 3:2 majority decision that prohibited Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, from continuing with the case of the Republic versus Stephen Kwabena Opuni, Seidu Agongo, and Agricult Ghana Limited, contained fundamental errors that occasioned a …

The Bono Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Baffoe Abronye, popularly known as Abronye DC, has filed a court action over the emoluments said to have been approved by Parliament for spouses of the President and the Vice President. In the application filed at the Supreme …