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Election petition: Supreme Court finally delivers judgement
The Supreme Court has dismissed the election petition brought before it by John Dramani Mahama, the 2020 Presidential Candidate of the opposition National Democratic...
Retired Supreme Court judge Julius Ansah passes on at 74
A Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, his lordship Justice Julius Ansah who retired from the bench after 41 years of public service...
US Supreme Court won’t allow LGBT student protection in certain states
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to let President Joe Biden's administration enforce a key part of a new rule protecting LGBT students from discrimination in schools...
Foreign homosexuality laws not applicable to Ghana — Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the fact that some countries, through judicial pronouncement and legislation, have legalised homosexuality, does not mean Ghana should...
Foreign homosexuality laws not applicable to Ghana — Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the fact that some countries have legalised homosexuality through judicial pronouncement and legislation does not mean Ghana should...
Supreme Court won’t yield to foreign pressure on homosexuality laws – Justice Yonni Kulendi
A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Yonni Kulendi has said, the Apex Court “cannot by ‘peer pressure’ be cajoled into adopting” practices of...
We will resist every attempt by Akufo-Addo to pack Supreme Court – Minority
The Minority in Parliament says it will use every means possible to oppose any attempt by President Akufo-Addo to fill the Supreme Court.On Tuesday,...
Prof Oppong’s Supreme Court appointment doesn’t violate the law – Deputy A-G
The Deputy Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister for Justice, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah says the nomination of a dual citizen as a Supreme Court judge does not...
Akufo-Addo’s Supreme Court nominee a threat to anti-gay bill – Sponsors claim
Sponsors of the Anti-LGBTQ bill have stated that one of President Akufo-Addo's nominees to the Supreme Court, Professor Richard Frimpong Oppong, poses a threat...
I’m not an advocate for LGBTQI+ activities – Supreme Court nominee
Supreme Court nominee Prof. Richard Frimpong Oppong has categorically denied being an advocate for LGBTQI+ activities in Ghana.During his appearance before Parliament’s Appointments Committee...
Renounce your dual citizenship before we approve you – Minority Leader to Supreme Court...
The Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has expressed strong disapproval of the nomination of a dual citizen for the position of Supreme Court...
Ayariga raises issues with President’s powers to nominate more than 10 Supreme Court judges
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has raised issues with the President's powers to nominate Supreme Court judges above the number...
You can’t be a lawyer and judge at the same time – Supreme Court...
A Supreme Court nominee, Justice Sophia Essah has stated that one cannot simultaneously be a lawyer and a judge based on the Constitution of...
Chaos as Minority attempts to stop vetting of 2 Supreme Court nominees [Video]
Chaos erupted at the Appointments Committee of Parliament when the Minority sought to halt the vetting of two nominees selected by President Akufo-Addo for...
Full text: AG files appeal at Supreme Court against acquittal of Jakpa and Ato...
The Office of the Attorney General has appealed the Court of Appeal’s decision that acquitted and discharged Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson and...
R. Kelly petitions Supreme Court to throw out sex crime convictions
R. Kelly – who is currently serving a more than a 30-year prison sentence in North Carolina – is asking the U.S. Supreme Court...
Appointments Committee of Parliament suspends vetting of Supreme Court nominees
The Appointments Committee of Parliament on Tuesday failed to reach a consensus for the vetting of the two nominees of the President for appointment...
AG can go to Supreme Court, Antoa or ‘Nogokpo; Ato Forson will still be...
The lawyer for Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, Edudzi Tameklo, has expressed unwavering confidence in his client's innocence.He emphasized his belief that Dr...
Vetting of Supreme Court Judges illegal – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has condemned the scheduled vetting of two Supreme Court Judges by the Appointments Committee as unlawful.Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin...
Using dildos and vibrators to please yourself, anal sex and other forms of unnatural...
An existing law that criminalises unnatural sexual intercourse and makes it unlawful for both heterosexuals and homosexuals to have anal sex does not breach...
Supreme Court affirms BoG revocation of UniCredit license
The Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to revoke the operating license of Unicredit Ghana Limited.The court, in...
Law against anal sex constitutional – Supreme Court declares
The Supreme Court has declared as constitutional the law which prohibits unnatural carnal knowledge such as anal sex.In a unanimous decision Wednesday , a...
We need legislation on number of Supreme Court judges – Bagbin [Video]
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin says there is a need to urgently legislate a cap on the size of the Supreme Court.The Constitution provides...
Akufo-Addo nominates 2 new judges to the Supreme Court
President Akufo-Addo has nominated two new judges to the Supreme Court bench following their approval by the Judicial Council.The two are Professor Richard Frimpong...
Supreme Court strikes out Ken Kuranchie’s suit against OSP
The Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie, Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Searchlight Newspaper, challenging the constitutionality of the...
Prof. Frimpong Oppong and Bernasko Essah nominated as Supreme Court judges
The Judicial Council has given approval for the nomination of Professor Richard Frimpong Oppong, a legal academic and fellow of the Ghana Academy of...
Supreme Court defers ruling on Anti-LGBTQ Bill injunction applications
The Supreme Court has decided to defer the ruling on Dr. Amanda Odoi and Broadcast Journalist, Richard Sky's injunction application regarding the transmission of...
Anti-LGBTQ: Supreme Court to rule on whether to bar Parliament from transmitting bill to...
The Supreme Court is set to rule on Richard Dela Sky and Dr Amanda Odoi’s application for interlocutory injunction against the transmission of the...
Effective case management will reduce caseloads at Supreme Court, not more judges – Prof...
The Executive Director of the Center for Democratic Governance-Ghana, Prof Kwasi Prempeh, has highlighted the importance of effective case management over increasing the number...
Ansa-Asare lauds Sophia Akuffo, others for resisting attempts to pack Supreme Court
A former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has commended several prominent legal figures for upholding their integrity against political pressure.He...
Supreme Court throws out Barker-Vormawor’s attempt to compel Kan Dapaah to answer 17 questions...
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by activist Oliver Barker-Vormawor, which sought to invoke the jurisdiction of the apex court to compel National...
It’s a simple mistake – GBA on CJ’s procedure for requesting extra Supreme Court...
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has questioned the procedure used by the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo in requesting for more judges to be appointed...
Full Statement: Majority justifies CJ’s nomination of new Supreme Court judges
The Majority in Parliament has defended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo's proposal for an increase in the number of Supreme Court judges to twenty.The Majority...
Majority defends CJ’s request for more Supreme Court justices
The Majority in Parliament has defended Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Torkornoo's proposal to increase the number of Supreme Court judges to 20.Chief Justice Torkornoo...
Timing, procedure for proposal to appoint new Supreme Court justices bad – Martin Kpebu
Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, has described as “bad” the timing and processes for the proposal to appoint new justices to the Supreme...
AG backs CJ’s request for more Supreme Court Justices in his advice to Akufo-Addo
The Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame, has affirmed the constitutionality of the proposal to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court from...
Ken Kuranchie drags Special Prosecutor to Supreme Court
A former member of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Kenneth Kuranchie has filed a writ at the Supreme Court against the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng.The...
Supreme Court delays caused by political calculation, not inefficiencies – Kofi Bentil
Senior Vice President of IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil, has asserted that the delays often experienced at the Supreme Court in its hearing of high-profile political...
‘I smell a rat’ – Arthur Kennedy on CJ’s request on new appointments to...
Physician, author, and politician, Dr Arthur Kobina Kennedy has voiced his opposition to the Chief Justice's request for President Akufo-Addo to nominate five new...
No malice in CJ’s request for Supreme Court judges; AG rubbishes NDC’s claims
Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has dismissed allegations by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that President Akufo-Addo is stacking the...