Chief
Justice
Gertrude
Torkornoo
has
once
again
justified
her
proposal
for
an
increase
in
the
number
of
judges
at
the
Supreme
Court.
In
a
letter
addressed
to
the
President,
she
highlighted
the
pressing
need
for
this
increase,
stating,
“In
view
of
the
realities
of
the
court’s
workload
and
output
and
the
need
for
the
court
to
appropriately
serve
the
justice
needs
of
the
nation.”
She
further
explained
the
current
working
conditions
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
Ghana
(SCOG),
which
operates
three
days
a
week
in
alternating
weeks
to
manage
its
workload.
“Two
days
are
used
for
panel
sitting,
and
one
day
for
the
sitting
of
a
single
judge.
The
SCOG
therefore
sits
12
times
a
month.
On
any
given
day
of
sitting,
the
court
deals
with
a
minimum
of
15
cases
and
so
works
on
not
fewer
than
45
matters
in
a
week
or
approximately
180
matters
in
a
month,”
she
elaborated.
She
warned
of
the
consequences
of
not
increasing
the
number
of
judges,
which
would
lead
to
delayed
decision-making
and
delivery.
She
expressed
her
concern
over
the
potential
situation
where
justices
of
the
Supreme
Court
would
have
to
sit
every
week,
participate
in
multiple
panels,
and
triple
the
number
of
hearings,
only
to
end
the
year
with
the
same
backlog
of
cases
as
was
the
case
in
July
2021.
Read
the
CJ’s
letter
on
the
justification
here
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