Suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo has filed an interlocutory injunction at the Supreme Court, seeking to stop the work of the committee investigating petitions for her removal from office.
The application, filed on May 21, 2025, asks the Court to restrain the six-member committee comprising Supreme Court Justices Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu, former Auditor-General Daniel Yao Domelevo, retired military officer Major Flora Bazuwaaruah Dalugo, and legal academic Professor James Sefah Dziasah from continuing any inquiry into the allegations.
Justice Torkornoo’s legal team argues that the inclusion of sitting Supreme Court Justices on the committee raises questions of impartiality and potential conflicts of interest.
The application also seeks to suspend the operation of the presidential warrant for her suspension, issued under Article 146(10) of the Constitution, pending the final outcome of the case.
Her legal action comes in response to President John Mahama’s decision on April 22 to suspend the Chief Justice after determining a prima facie case based on three undisclosed petitions.
The President, acting in consultation with the Council of State, appointed the committee in accordance with Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution.
The injunction follows two earlier applications filed separately by the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems (CenCES) and private citizen Theodore Kofi Atta-Quartey both of which were dismissed by the Supreme Court on the morning of May 21. In 4–1 majority ruling, the Court held that neither application met the legal threshold for injunctive relief.
Justice Torkornoo’s case is now poised to test the constitutional limits of judicial oversight and executive power in the removal of a sitting Chief Justice. The Supreme Court is expected to hear the matter in the coming days.
Source: Myxyzonline.com
