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By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah The Chief Justice nominee, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has reiterated the Supreme Court’s position that a birth certificate is not proof of citizenship but rather a record of one’s birth location. Explaining that the information on a birth certificate is not verifiable during her vetting on Friday, May …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah     Chief Justice nominee, Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo says ex-gratia is not applicable to judges in the country. She clarified that judges don’t receive any ex-gratia as other public office holders adding that they continue in office and don’t leave office until they retire. …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah Chief Justice nominee, Justice Gertrude Araba Esabaa Torkornoo, says her position is on the side of the law with regard to issues on LGBTQ+. The Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill is currently before Parliament.   The Bill considered by many as an anti-LGBTQ+ law …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Kwasi Anin Yeboah is set to retire today, May 24. The 70-year-old served for five years since taking over from retired Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo in 2019. Earlier this month, President Akufo-Addo informed Parliament of his decision to appoint Justice …

  The Judicial Service has suspended the sittings of the Court of Appeal in four regional capitals. The affected cities are; Tamale, Cape Coast, Ho, and Koforidua. The decision was communicated in a press release issued on Wednesday, February 8, signed by the Chief Justice. The release added that all …

  Dr Stephen Opuni Embattled former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen Opuni, has once again renewed his fight against Justice Clemence Honyenuga (Rtd), by seeking to remove the retired judge from continuing to preside over his case. He has filed an application before the court …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Kwesi Anin-Yeboah, Chief Justice Member of Parliament (MP) for Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfrom, Sylvester Tetteh, has resented Ex-President John Mahama over his comments about the Chief Justice and the Judiciary, hence describing the statement as “unpresidential”. According to the former President, the image of the Judiciary is …

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah They suspect allegedly stabbed his colleague student in the ribs during an altercation on campus last Friday (5 November)   The family of Larhan Sam’un, the slain first-year student of the Konongo Odumase Senior High School say it is disappointed with the latest court ruling discharging three out of …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah A member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) legal team, Mr Gary Nimako has expressed disappointed in the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice(CHRAJ) over their decision not to investigate the petition against the Chief Justice, Kwasi Enin Yeboah Speaking in an interview on Neat …

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah     Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah has ordered the case involving two teens standing trial for the murder of a 10-year-old for ritual purposes to be transferred from the Ofaakor District Court to the Kaneshie District court, for indictment proceedings to continue. It follows three months …