President John Mahama has begun consultations with the Council of State following the submission of three petitions seeking the removal of the Chief Justice, Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo. According to a statement from Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the three petitions have been forwarded to the Council of State, in line with the constitutional […]
Professor Stephen Adei, a former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), has expressed strong reservations about the potential removal of the Chief Justice by President-elect John Dramani Mahama. According to Professor Adei, such an action would set a dangerous precedent with long-term implications for Ghana’s judiciary and democratic stability. Speaking […]
The Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has launched a revised edition of a manual that serves as a guide on the adjudication of electoral disputes in the country. Known as the Manual on Election Adjudication in Ghana, it is produced by the Judicial Service, and had been launched in every electoral year since 2008. […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to nominate Justice Gertrude Araba Esabaa Torkornoo, a justice of the Supreme Court, for approval by Parliament as the next Chief Justice, multiple sources have revealed to the Daily Graphic. According to the sources, the Council of State has already given the green light for Justice Torkornoo’s appointment […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dismissed a petition by pressure group, the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) to remove Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah from office for alleged bribery. The President, in concert with the Council of State, concludes that ASEPA failed to establish any prima facie case to warrant the initiation […]
The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) has preferred no less than nine professional misconducts against Kumasi-based Lawyer Kwasi Afrifa, who is being accused by a former client of his to have allegedly collected money in order to influence a case pending before the Supreme Court. Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI of Gomoa […]
There is no problem with the Chief Justice, Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah filing a disciplinary complaint against legal practitioner and Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine at the General Legal Council (GLC). According to private legal practitioner and former Member of Parliament for Zebilla, Mr John Ndebugre, the arguments being made by […]
Mr Justice Anin Yeboah, a Justice of the Supreme Court, is tipped to become the next Chief Justice. Barring any last-minute changes, Justice Yeboah is expected to be named as the President’s nominee to replace the Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, who retires on December 20, Barring any last-minute changes, Justice Yeboah is […]
