Supreme Court dismisses Dame’s objection to Ag. CJ in Torkornoo case

SC dismisses applications against petition seeking to remove CJ

By a 3-2 majority decision, the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday dismissed two applications seeking to injunct President John Dramani Mahama from exercising his constitutional right to forward a petition for the removal of the Chief Justice from office to the Council of State. Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, the acting Chief Justice, Emmanuel Yoni Kulendi and Amadu Issifu Tanko voted in favour of the At­torney-General’s arguments against the two applic…

Dame questions acting Chief Justice's role in Supreme Court ruling on CJ suspension

By Ashiadey Dotse Former Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame has expressed surprise over the direct involvement of Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie in a recent Supreme Court ruling that dismissed an injunction seeking to halt proceedings related to the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo. Mr Dame, who represented Vincent Ekow Assifuah, the MP for Old Tafo, described the Acting Chief Justice’s role as unusual and concerning. ‎”…

Supreme Court dismisses Dame’s objection to Ag. CJ in Torkornoo case

The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an objection raised by former Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame against the participation of acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, in the panel hearing the case concerning the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo. Mr Dame, who described Justice Baffoe-Bonnie’s role as “unprecedented,” argued that it was procedurally improper […] The post Supreme Court dismisses Dame’s objection…

Supreme Court dismisses injunction against Chief Justice removal petition

The Supreme Court has dismissed an injunction application filed by Old Tafo MP Vincent Assafuah seeking to prevent the petition to remove Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo from proceeding. The motion, filed by Assafuah’s lawyer, Godfred Dame, aimed to restrain the President from forwarding the petition to the Council of State, but was withdrawn before being formally adjudicated. This decision follows a previous unanimous ruling by the Supr…

Supreme Court rejects Dame’s bid to remove acting CJ from Chief Justice removal case

The Supreme Court has unanimously overruled an objection raised by former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame seeking to prevent Acting Chief Justice Justice Baffoe-Bonnie from presiding over an injunction application challenging the removal process of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo. Dame argued that Justice Baffoe-Bonnie had a conflict of interest as he could be directly affected by the outcome. However, Deputy Attorney-General Srem-Sai coun…

At the age of 80, Alejandro Toledo asks for house arrest: What does the law say? Former President Alejandro Toledo suffered a new judicial setback. The Permanent Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court rejected the cassation appeal filed by his defense for the 8 months and 3 days he was detained in the United States. Thus, the ex-mandator sought to be released due to the expiry of the period of pretrial detention imposed on him in the Interoceanic…