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Supreme Court News
SC gives AG, CJ seven days to file Statements of Case in suit against EC Chair, deputies
This follows an application filed by the Attorney General, praying to the court in that regard.
DL News24 November 2022
General
H-Kwasi Prempeh writes: 'The lawyerization and judicialization of the business of Parliament is bad for our democracy'
Coming to this business of the motion of censure, we have just witnessed the lawyerization or judicialization of what is fundamentally a political, not a legal, sanction.
H.Kwasi Prempeh22 November 2022
General
Aspects of anti-LGBTQ+ Bill may violate some fundamental human rights – Attorney-General
The anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, known rightly as the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021”, seeks to criminalize LGBTQI+ activities and advocacy.
DL News17 November 2022
General
KNUST alumnus makes great stride in 2022 GSL Entrance exams
In all, only 522 out of the total of 2654 Candidates who sat for the exams passed representing a percentage pass rate of 20% compared to the previous year’s 28%
DL News16 November 2022
Africa
Central African Republic president sacks top judge for ‘impediment’
Faustin Archange Touadera’s decree came after the 70-year-old judge last month threw out a bid by the ruling party to amend the constitution so that he could run for a third term.
BBC26 October 2022
Supreme Court News
AG responds to Ampomah’s ‘Allow me to marry more women’ suit
The AG additionally submits that the plaintiff’s assertion that monogamous nature Christian Marriages are discriminatory is untenable as it has not been established that Christian marriages are polygamous in nature.
DL News24 October 2022
Africa
South Africa: Traditional court condemns 19-year-old to grisly death
Accused of stock theft in 2020, Abulele Kwindana was killed. More than two years later, no-one has been charged with his murder.
AllAfrica16 September 2022
US
HIV drug mandate violates religious freedom, judge rules
Employers are required to cover certain preventive services and medications in their insurance plans under US law.
BBC8 September 2022
Africa
Martha Koome - from women's right campaigner to Supreme Court chief justice
The 62-year-old was appointed chief justice in May last year by outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta after she came top of 10 candidates interviewed in front of a live television audience by Kenya's Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
BBC6 September 2022
General
Meet Dr. Kwaku Agyeman-Budu: New GIMPA Law Dean
His appointment at the youngest age of 37, makes him the fifth academic to be appointed to the office of Dean by the Governing Council of GIMPA.
DL News2 September 2022
General
KNUST Law Dean to speak at public lecture in honour of Baffour Osei Akoto
The lecture will be held at the KNUST Law Auditorium and on the theme, ‘Human Rights Activisim and Freedom in Modern Ghana – The Role of Baffour Osei Akoto.’.
DL News30 August 2022
US
Democrats introduce bill requiring term limits for US supreme court justices
The Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act (Term), would establish 18-year terms for supreme court justices and establish a process for the president to appoint a new justice every two years.
The Guardian27 July 2022
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court refuses James Quayson's motion for review of ruling against Court of Appeal
Also, Mr. Tsikata indicated the fact that the issue pending is a relevant factor in respect of the recent application for a review and said that the decision of the ordinary bench was an error per the binding authorities of the court.
DL News27 July 2022
US
Capitol riot: Trump ignored pleas to condemn attack, hearing told
The inquiry has alleged that Mr. Trump did not make a single call to law enforcement or national security staff because of "his selfish desire to stay in power"
BBC22 July 2022
General
UK-based ‘Death Penalty Project’ to assist Ghana to remove Death Penalty
Ghana’s ability to do so will put it in the over one hundred and twenty(120 countries globally that have rejected the death penalty.
DL News20 July 2022
General
Stakeholders meet on draft Paralegal LI and Paralegal Guide
The workshop is to foster understanding of the paralegal regime for legal aid delivery in Ghana through a detailed exposition of the LI to kick off the paralegal system implementation.
GNA18 July 2022
Africa
ECOWAS Court declares Nigeria’s Twitter ban unlawful
Following the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria in June 2021.
Premium Times Nig14 July 2022
Supreme Court News
E-levy suit: Supreme Court directs parties to file memorandum of issues in 14 days
The Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu, and two other Minority MPs, Mahama Ayariga and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa are seeking among others, a declaration that the purported vote on the motion for the second reading of the Electronic Levy Transfer...
DL News13 July 2022
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court defers ruling on James Quayson's review application against Court of Appeal decision to July 27
On March 9, 2022, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed an application by the injuncted MP which sought to quash the decision of the Court of Appeal relative to the interpretation of Article 94(2)(a) of the 1992 Constitution.
DL News13 July 2022
General
AG to train RTI Commission staff on prosecution of offenders
The Commission has secured a fiat from the Office of the Attorney General relative to the prosecution of offenders under Act 989.
DL News7 July 2022