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Nana
Ohene
Ntow,
a
special
advisor
to
independent
presidential
aspirant
Alan
Kyerematen,
has
suggested
to
the
Chief
Justice
to
set
up
specialized
courts
to
handle
specific
cases
without
those
cases
necessarily
traveling
all
the
way
to
the
Supreme
Court.
It
was
his
view
that
the
creation
of
specialized
courts
would
ease
the
burden
placed
on
the
Supreme
Court
for
which
more
justices
would
be
required.
Contributing
to
a
discussion
on
the
letter
by
the
Supreme
Court’s
Chief
Justice,
Justice
Gertrude
Araba
Esaba
Torkonoo
to
President
Akufo-Addo
requesting
for
the
addition
of
five
more
Judges,
Nana
Ohene
Ntow
said
on
TV3’s
Key
Point
Saturday,
July
6
that
“Why
should
all
land
cases
end
up
at
the
Supreme
Court,
why
should
all
business
cases
end
up
at
the
Supreme
Court,
why
should
all
matrimonial
cases
end
up
in
the
system?
Why
don’t
you
create
a
specialized
court
who
have
finite
authority?..
“Every
land
case
has
the
potential
to
travel
to
the
Supreme
Court,
every
matrimonial
case
has
the
potential
to
travel
to
the
Supreme
Court,
every
business
case
has
the
potential
to
travel
to
the
Supreme
Court.”
Concern
against
CJ’s
request
for
more
justices
isn’t
about
competence
but
timing
&
procedure
–
Kpebu
The
Chief
Justice,
Gertrude
Torkonoo
has
justified
her
recommendation
to
President
Akufo-Addo
to
consider
five
judges
for
the
Supreme
Court.
She
said
the
Supreme
Court
needs
more
judges
to
handle
the
overwhelming
number
of
cases
currently
before
it.
“There
are
several
cases
pending
and
that
is
why
we
need
more
Supreme
Court
judges,”
she
said
while
explaining
the
reason
for
the
adjournment
of
the
ruling
on
the
lawsuits
filed
by
Researcher
Amanda
Odoi
and
Broadcast
Journalist
Richard
Dela
Sky
regarding
the
anti-LGBT
bill,
Madam
Torkonoo
emphasized
the
need
for
more
Supreme
Court
judges.