The Supreme Court has quashed the inunction against the Fix the Country demonstration which was put in place by the Accra High Court. In a ruling handed down today, June 8th 2021, the court set aside the injunction from the High Court and ordered the protest to go ahead. READ ALSO: Hot Video – Tiwa … Read more
The Supreme Court of Ghana has today kicked out the election petition filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by Mr. John Dramani Mahama. The former President challenged the results of the 2020 Presidential election announced by the Electoral Commission of Ghana(EC) and sent his petition to the court. READ ALSO: Watch Moment Nana … Read more
There is a heavy and intimidating police presence at the premises of the Supreme Court as the highest court of the land adjudicates a case brought before it by the NDC against the Electoral Commission with respect to the compilation of a new voter’s register. The NDC which filed a case at the Apex court … Read more
Former President John Dramani Mahama has caused quite the stir in the political realm after declaring that the NDC might not accept the results of the 2020 elections if they lose. According to the former President, although the NDC has been consistent in accepting the results of every elections whether they win or lose, this … Read more
The Supreme Court of Ghana has ruled on the case brought against government’s construction of the National Cathedral, tossing the case out of court.
In a unanimous decision handed down by its seven-member panel, the court completely dismissed the religious discrimination rationale of the suit seeking to halt government’s involvement in the construction of the National Cathedral.
The Supreme Court of Ghana has denied reports floating around that a warrant has been issued by the Highest court of the land for the arrest of Menzgold CEO Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM 1.
In the past few days numerous reports have claimed that the Menzgold CEO is on the run, that a warrant has been issued for his arrest by the Supreme Court and that the Police CID have placed him on the Interpol Most Wanted List, most of which have been found out to be false.
In 2016 President John Dramani Mahama took the not often utilized Presidential power of pardon and applied it to some NDC activists who had gotten themselves into trouble and landed in jail for contempt.
The infamous ‘Montie 3’ – Salifu ‘Mugabe’ Maase, Godwin Ako Gunn and Alistair Nelson – were jailed by the Supreme Court of Ghana after a radio show in which they threatened violence against some of the justices.
The former president of the Ghana Football Association and FIFA/CAF council member, Kwesi Nyantakyi according to a report sighted by GhanaCelebrities.Com has just sued award-winning investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tigereye PI team at the apex court of the land.
The former GFA capo who has on various occasions through his many aids stated that the ace investigative journalist trapped him to commit the crime he was caught on tape committing in the popular “Number 12” expose’ has finally walked the talk as he has honoured his word to sue the top journalist.
According to a Facebook user who shared these photos, that’s the inside of Ghana’s Supreme Court–well painted from outside but rotten inside. This is a typical Ghanaian bullshit–nothing is really what it seems. How can the government and those in charge be this deceitful? And it’s the damn Supreme Court. Oh, this country called Ghana. … Read more
According to a Facebook user who shared these photos, that’s the inside of Ghana’s Supreme Court–well painted from outside but rotten inside. This is a typical Ghanaian bullshit–nothing is really what it seems. How can the government and those in charge be this deceitful? And it’s the damn Supreme Court. Oh, this country called Ghana. … Read more
Former Supreme Court Justice and the first Ghanaian to chair the Electoral Commission, Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles Crabbe, has died.
Justice V.C.R.A.C Crabbe died early Friday in a hospital in the capital, GhanaCelebrities.Com has learned.
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed four new justices to the Supreme Court of Ghana, a statement from the Presidency has revealed.
Pursuant to his powers as laid down in Article 144 (2), the President has named his choices, in consultation with the Council of State.
The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East and a former deputy Attorney General, Dominic Ayine, has sued Martin Amidu and the state attempting to halt the appointment of Amidu as Independent Special Prosecutor.
According to his suit, laid before the Supreme Court, Amidu at 66 years of age and is not eligible to serve in a public position when the retirement age is 60 years.
If any one act in his long and distinguished career landed Martin Amidu the job as special prosecutor, it would his his dogged chasing of Alfred Woyome to pay up the Ghc 51.2m judgement debt his own NDC government paid to him.
Amidu chased Woyome all the way to the Supreme Court and secured a judgement for the money to be paid back to Ghana, and afterwards also fought for the money as Woyome did not pay and the Mahama government did nothing about it.
The Supreme Court of Ghana failed in their duty in 2012 with the verdict in the election petition, says Lawyer Maurice Ampaw.
The outspoken lawyer, using the recent Kenyan election case a yardstick, said the Kenyan court had the courage to do the right thing but the Ghanaian court could not.
Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome appeared before the Supreme Court of Ghana today (Monday) as his long awaited oral examination started.
Deputy Attorney-General Godfred Dame lead the examination of the businessman, who was represented by lawyer Ken Anku.
The Supreme Court of Ghana has thrown out the case brought by Alfred Agbesi Woyome calling for a decision for him to be orally examined by the Attorney General to be overturned.
Woyome argued that they’re seeking a review of the judge’s ruling granting the application thus the oral examination should be halted until the review’s complete.
The Catholic Bishops Conference has called for the Gitmo 2 to be sent back to the US on the back of the Supreme Court decision ruling their stay unconstitutional.
President of the Conference, Reverend Philip Naameh, said in light of the ruling, the pair cannot continue their stay in Ghana.
Kwesi Pratt Jnr., the managing editor of the Insight newspaper, has called on government to send the Gitmo 2 back to the United States immediately.
Speaking on Kokrokoo on Friday, Pratt said per the Supreme Court decision, the stay of the duo in the country is unconstitutional and should be remedied immediately.
Government has responded to Thursday’s landmark Supreme Court ruling with a statement, acknowledging the ruling and its directives.
The statement, signed by Information Minister Mustapha Hamid, says government has ‘taken notice’ of the judgement, whilst also reassuring Ghanaians that the Gitmo 2 are comporting themselves and remain under surveillance.
The Supreme Court failed to rule once again on the legality or otherwise of the decision of the former government to accept two former inmates of Guantanamo Bay into the country.
In court today (Wednesday), the justices, after deliberating on the decision, again failed to reach a verdict.
Attah Mills fired Attorney General, Martin Amidu who later gain the accolade as Citizen Vigilante for intensively pursuing Business Man Alfred Agbesi Woyome to refund the infamous $51m judgement debt has written to the Supreme to withdraw his suit further continue the case. READ ALSO: Minority Boycott Otiko Djaba’s Approval As Gender, Children and … Read more
The Supreme Court of Ghana is currently considering three lawsuits brought before it to re-arrest the infamous ‘Montie three”–who were pardoned by President Mahama after they were sentenced to prison for threatening members of the court and also threatening to rape the Chief Justice Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood.
According to a report by JOY FM, Nana Asante Bediatuo, one of the plaintiffs of the suits “is convinced that the presidential pardon granted the three was unconstitutional.”
The Supreme Court has placed a dampener on Government’s ability to conduct business with a judgement freezing its accounts over its failures to settle a judgement debt.
The nation’s highest court has placed a freeze on accounts including the Consolidated and Treasure Accounts in a case involving the state’s inability to settle a debt complaint.
Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom and his PPP won the appeal case brought by Ghana’s Electoral Commission against them in the Supreme Court—over a ruling by the High Court that asked the EC to give Nduom the opportunity to amend or alter mistakes on nomination forms which led to him being disqualified.
The Supreme Court ordered the Electoral Commission to extend the nomination period to the close of Tuesday, November, 8 2016 for all disqualified presidential aspirants. The court also ordered a suspension of all lawsuits challenging the EC’s disqualifications of flagbearers, for all those affected to amend the errors on their forms.
Madam Akua Donkor says even though she had decided on getting out of the Presidential race, the decision of the Supreme Court to extend the nomination process has made her change her mind and she would now rejoin the race.
The Supreme Court earlier today (Monday) ruled that the Electoral Commission should extend the nomination period to the close of Tuesday, November, 8 2016 for all disqualified presidential aspirants to get the chance to refile their candidacy.
Financial analyst Sidney Casely-Hayford has poked holes in the Electoral Commission’s confidence that they have fully complied with the Supreme Court order to weed out voters who registered with National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) id cards.
Casely-Hayford, speaking on Citi Fm Saturday, said that he registered with his NHIS card, but remains on the rolls.
