A retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice William Atuguba has stated that the reasoning by 5 of the 7 Supreme Court judges in the vacant seats case was predictable. He explained that the same five judges accepted jurisdiction over the case despite decided cases which state the contrary. According to him, the Supreme Court should always […] The post Vacant seats ruling: It was predictable – Atuguba

A retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice William Atuguba has warned of dire consequences for the country if what he described as ‘politicisation of the judiciary’ does not cease. Justice Atuguba believes that the reasoning of the 5 Supreme Court judges in the vacant seats was underpinned by political considerations. According to him, but for political […] The post Vacant

A Retired Justice of the Supreme Court William Atuguba has said that the Supreme Court should not have sat on the vacant seat case.  He said the case was a matter for the High Court to determine. “The Supreme Court had no business hearing this case. I am also worried that political partisanship is what […] The post Vacant seat saga : Supreme Court had no business

A retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice William Atuguba has described the reasoning of the 5 Supreme Court judges in the vacant seats case as merely political. According to him, but for political considerations, the judges would not have accepted jurisdiction for the case in the first place. He explained that the Supreme Court should always […] The post Vacant seats ruling: What

Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah has said that even if the case of the vacant seat had gone to the High Court, the High Court would have still referred any constitutional interpretation to the Supreme Court. He expressed the view that the Supreme Court had jurisdiction to hear the matter. “Even […] The post Vacant seat case:

Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah has said that even if the vacant seats case had gone to the High Court, the High Court would have still referred any constitutional interpretation to the Supreme Court. He expressed the view that the Supreme Court had jurisdiction to hear the matter. “Even if this […] The post Vacant seats case:

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has observed that senior most justices of the Supreme Court were not empaneled by the Chief Justice to sit on the case of the vacant seat. He questioned the decision of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to leave out the senior-most justices. “Why were the senior-most judges left out? Justice Baffoe […] The post Vacant seats case:

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has called for a review of how the justices of the apex court are appointed. Kpebu noted that both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) appoint their friends to the Supreme Court whenever they are in government. To that end, he said, the justices end […] The post Let’s review how Supreme Court justices are appointed

A Professor at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo has said he has stopped criticising President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo because there is nothing he can do to change the lives of Ghanaians from now to December 7 when the elections are held. In his view, the Akufo-Addo administration has checked out of office after […] The post Akufo-Addo can’t do anything

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