The Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, has defended her request for added judges to the Supreme Court docket, citing the massive variety of circumstances the apex court docket handles.
This follows her formal request to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to appoint 5 judges to the Supreme Court docket of Ghana.
In line with the Chief Justice, this important transfer is to strengthen the judiciary with extremely certified and skilled authorized minds.
Delivering her closing remarks after the listening to of two lawsuits filed by researcher Dr Amanda Odoi and broadcast journalist Richard Dela Sky towards the transmission of the anti-gay invoice to the presidency by Parliament, the Chief Justice confused the necessity for extra judges.
“The ruling is adjourned to July 17, 2024. We should thank everybody for his or her endurance, however that is our lot. There are a number of circumstances pending, proper? That’s the reason we want extra Supreme Court docket judges,” she said.
The 5 judges nominated by the Chief Justice embrace Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botchwey, who’s at present presiding over the controversial ambulance trial involving the Minority Chief in Parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson.
The opposite judges are Justice Cyra Pamela Koranteng, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, Justice Eric Kyei Baffuour and Justice Angelina Mensah Homiah.
In a letter dated Could 30, the Chief Justice informed the President that, “Justice Asante’s time period of workplace on the ECOWAS court docket ended on July 31, 2022”, and was “requested to stay at submit on account of the withdrawal of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso from the group.”
She added, “His present tenure is anticipated to finish in 2026 or earlier when he’s anticipated to return to Ghana’s Judiciary.”