Tuffour v. Attorney-General [1980] GLR 637-667 [1] With the coming into force of the 1979 Constitution, the incumbent Chief Justice, Mr Justice Fred Kwasi Apaloo, was purported to be nominated as Chief Justice by the President of the Republic of Ghana in consultation with the Judicial Council. Parliament purported to vet the said Mr Apaloo […]
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Re Akoto and 7 Others[1] Statement of Facts: The appellants were arrested and detained under the Preventive Detention Act, 1958 issued by the Governor General and signed by the minister of interior. They brought a case before the High Court for writs of Habeas Corpus, but the High Court refused them. They subsequently appealed against
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Marbury v. Madison[1] Introduction: This is a seminal constitutional law case where for the first time in history, on February 24, 1803, the US Supreme Court declared an act of Congress to be unconstitutional, thereby establishing Judicial Review. Background: & Facts: The case occurred in the context of a presidential transition period. The incumbent president,
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Mrs Margaret Banful & Henry Nana Boakye v. The Attorney-General & The Ministry of Interior Supreme Court Writ No. Jl/7/2016 22nd June 2017 Facts: There was an agreement made in 2016 between the Government of the United States of America and the President This sought to transfer to Ghana for settlement two Yemeni citizen: held
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