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Ken Kuranchie sues AG over constitutionality of Special Prosecutor

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The Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Searchlight Newspaper, Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie has sued the Attorney General (AG) and Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) over the constitutionality of the latter. He wants the Supreme Court to declare the OSP as unconstitutional. Among other things, Mr Kuranchie in his writ to the Supreme Court sighted by […]

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CJ’s request for more Supreme Court Justices justified – Bobby Banson

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Private Legal Practitioner, Bobby Banson, has stated that there is nothing wrong with Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo asking the President to nominate more justices to the Supreme Court. His comments come after Justice Torkornoo justified her proposal for an expanded bench at the Supreme Court. In a letter to the President, she underscored the urgent

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Court order arrest of Senior Military Officer

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An Accra Circuit Court has issued an arrest warrant for a military officer accused of being involved in a GHC136,000 recruitment scam. Captain Abel Nartey, stationed at Army Headquarters, Burma Camp, Accra, is alleged to have collected GHC120,000 out of the GHC136,000 to facilitate the enlistment of some persons into the various security services in

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Singapore: Lawyer charged after she allegedly instigated her secretary to forge an affidavit

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SINGAPORE – A lawyer was hauled to a district court on July 5 after she allegedly instigated her secretary to forge a supporting affidavit on or around Sept 24, 2020. Lee Kim Kee, 65, who is also a director and shareholder at law firm K K Lee Law Corporation, is now accused of one count

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Chief Justice throws out petition for OSP’s removal

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The Chief Justice, Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo has dismissed a petition seeking the removal of Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor from office. In a letter dated April 30, 2024, Martin Amidu requested President Akufo-Addo to dismiss Agyebeng, and the petition was subsequently forwarded to Justice Torkornoo on May 6, 2024. However, the Chief Justice found the

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Japan top court says forced sterilisation unconstitutional

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Japan’s top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilised between the 1950s and 1990s. The Supreme Court also ordered the government to pay damages to 11 victims, who were involved in five cases that were heard on appeal. Wednesday’s landmark ruling brings to an end a

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Japan top court says forced sterilisation unconstitutional

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Japan’s top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilised between the 1950s and 1990s. The Supreme Court also ordered the government to pay damages to 11 victims, who were involved in five cases that were heard on appeal. Wednesday’s landmark ruling brings to an end a

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Chief Justice defends request for more Supreme Court judges

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Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has defended her request for additional Supreme Court judges, citing the overwhelming number of cases the apex court handles. Delivering her closing remarks after the hearing of two lawsuits filed by Broadcast Journalist Richard Dela Sky and Researcher Dr. Amanda Odoi against Parliament’s passage of the anti-gay bill, the Chief Justice

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Anti-Gay Bill cases: Richard Sky, Amanda Odoi face Supreme Court rulings on July 17

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The Supreme Court has fixed July 17, 2024, to deliver its rulings on two applications filed by Broadcast Journalist, Richard Dela Sky, and Researcher, Dr Amanda Odoi seeking to injunct Parliament from transmitting the Anti-LGBTQ+Bill to the President for its assent. This was after, the panel of five presided over by Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey

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