The Supreme Court has declared as constitutional the law which prohibits unnatural carnal knowledge such as anal sex. In a unanimous decision on Wednesday [July 24, 2024], a seven-member panel of the court dismissed a writ challenging the constitutionality of Section 104 (1) (b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). The court, presided […]
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The Supreme Court has deferred the ruling on the injunction application by Dr Amanda Odoi and Broadcast Journalist, Richard Sky to the transmission of the anti-LGBTQ bill to the President and rather deliver the ruling on the same day the final judgement will be given. The five-member panel, chaired by Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo stated
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The Supreme Court is expected to deliver rulings on two applications filed by broadcast journalist Richard Dela Sky and researcher Dr. Amanda Odoi, seeking to enjoin Parliament from transmitting the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill to the President for assent. The panel of five, presided over by Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, heard arguments from all parties on
The Judicial Council has approved the learned Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Sciences, Professor of Law and legal academic Prof. Richard Frimpong Oppong and his co-nominee, the learned Justice of the Court of Appeal, Her Ladyship Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko Essah for the Supreme Court Bench. The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, announced the
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We tend to act in these matters as if we inhabit this legal universe alone or do not share a common legal tradition with many other countries. In every one of those countries, where the Constitution names only a minimum but is silent on the upper limit of the apex court, the Constitution either says
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The Supreme Court concluded only 344 out of the 939 pending cases in the 2022/2023 legal year, leading to a backlog of 595 cases carried over into the 2023/2024 legal year. This was an increase of 181 cases from the 2021/2022 legal year, which saw 799 cases pending, out of which 385 cases were concluded
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John Dramani Mahama, the flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says if he is elected as president again, his administration will resurrect the constitutional review process on the capping the number of justices on the Supreme Court bench. The 1992 Constitution only talks about a minimum of nine justices on the Supreme
The Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame, has affirmed that the proposal to augment the number of justices of the Supreme Court from the standard 15, alongside the Chief Justice, is in line with the constitution and would promote efficient justice delivery. This statement comes in response to the President’s decision to solicit the AG’s counsel
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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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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