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Court building in Ghana Advertisement A private legal practitioner Kwaku Asare has described the request by Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Torkornoo for a minimum of 20 justices of the Supreme Court to handle approximately 600 cases yearly as unreasonable. He says many Supreme Courts around the world manage double or triple that number of cases … Read more
Advertisement The substantial increase in the backlog of 414 and 595 cases in the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 legal years, during which there were the fewest number of Justices of the Supreme Court for the five-year period under review, provided empirical justification for the need to expand the number of Justices at the Supreme Court to … Read more
Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo Advertisement Former President John Dramani Mahama has criticized Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo for the recommendation that she made to the president to appoint five additional justices of the Supreme Court. The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said that this approach by the Chief Justice is rare because it is … Read more
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 … Read more
Attorney-General Godfred Dame Advertisement Attorney-General Godfred Dame has rejected claims that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is packing the Supreme Court following the recent request by the Chief Justice to appoint five more justices of the apex court. Mr Dame says the judiciary is better placed to provide enough justification for the need for an … Read more