Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing April 18-20, 2023
Cases up for consideration are civil motions, civil appeals, criminal appeals, and a chieftaincy appeal
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing May 24-26 2022
In line with its Original Jurisdiction, and Appellate Jurisdiction, the particular cases up for consideration are civil motions, civil appeals, and a criminal appeal.
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General
Police Service warns against “Fix-the-country” demonstration
The Ghana Police Service has cautioned the public against heeding calls to demonstrate in support of the “Fix-the-country” protests.
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Courts
Suspended CJ seeks injunction against Committee probing her removal
The Chief Justice, currently under suspension, is asking the apex court to place a temporary freeze on the committee’s operations while her case is being determined
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Courts
Man sings for mercy at Accra Circuit Court, acquitted and discharged
Lamptey, a laborer, performed two self-composed songs, pleading for mercy. One of the songs featured lyrics like, “Court two judge, grant me justice, court judge grant me freedom...”
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Your case on purported 2022 Budget approval moot-Supreme Court
The Apex court thus advised counsel to acquaint himself with the judgment of the case supra in order to come to terms with its reasoning and stance on the matter.
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Election Petition
Ruling on objections to Asiedu Nketia’s witness statement
Seven out of the 42 paragraphed witness statement by Johnson Asiedu Nketia in support of the petition by former President John Mahama over the 2020 election were struck out by the Supreme Court today when hearing begun.
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Courts
Anti-gay case: High Court adjourns to July 29
This follows an order directed at one of the plaintiffs, Paul Boama-Sefa, to submit his written arguments within four weeks.
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Europe
UK court to consider whether universities owe students legal duty of care
The landmark hearing next month comes at a time of widespread concern about declining student mental health and a number of widely reported suicides
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General
Meet the youngest High Court Justice: Ellen Lordina Serwaa Mireku(J )
She joined the bench in May 2014 as a magistrate and was promoted in August 2016 to the Circuit Court.
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Courts
Police attempt to arrest me unlawful: Sosu sues IGP
In the latest twist, the Member of Parliament has filed a suit at the High Court indicating that the attempt by two Police officers to publicly arrest and manhandle him amount to an act intended to impede and obstruct to the legitimate disc...
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Courts
Defamation suit: Kennedy Agyapong to be cross-examined by lawyers for Anas today
Anas is asking the High Court to award aggravated damages to the tune of GH¢25 million arising from defamatory materials published by the MP
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Supreme Court News
SC quashes High Court order that barred FixTheCountry demo
The court has ruled that the High Court's order was an error
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Courts
Rastafarian student’s injunction against Achimota school dismissed
The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Gifty Agyei Addo has dismissed an ex-parte injunction application from one of the Rastafarian students who was denied admission by the Achimota Senior High School.
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Courts
TikToker jailed one year over false claims about Mahama
The case followed videos in which Camilla falsely claimed, without evidence, that President Mahama buried 32 cows as part of rituals to win the 2024 general election.
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court dismisses IMANI suit on security chiefs’ appointment
The suit, filed in 2024 by IMANI Africa and security analyst Professor Kwesi Aning, sought to limit what the plaintiffs described as the President’s unfettered authority over security agency heads.
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Supreme Court gives NDC, NPP and Attorney-General 14 days to respond to delegate system case
At the centre of the case is a lawsuit brought by Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe and Dr Christine Amoako-Nuamah. They are contesting the delegate-based systems used by political parties to select presidential and par...
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Courts
Court rejects Ofori-Atta’s bid to block “wanted” declaration by Special Prosecutor
Mr Ofori-Atta, currently facing multiple corruption-related investigations stemming from his time in office, had petitioned the court to restrain the OSP from issuing a “wanted” notice and launching what his lawyers described as a media-dri...
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Africa
UN court dismisses Sudan's genocide lawsuit against UAE, Cites lack of jurisdiction
In a decisive 14-2 vote, judges at the ICJ concluded they had no jurisdiction to hear the case. The court cited the UAE’s reservation to Article 9 of the Genocide Convention, which exempts it from legal claims brought by other states under...
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Others
Poland Loses €320M Due to Judicial Reform Dispute
The court's decision, delivered on Wednesday, reinforced the European Commission's stance, stating, "In recovering the amounts payable, the Commission did not infringe EU law."
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