The Supreme Court of Ghana has dismissed yet another injunction application aimed at halting the ongoing impeachment process against Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo.
In a 4-1 majority ruling, the apex court held that the application lacked merit and failed to meet the threshold for judicial intervention.
The ruling, delivered by a five-member panel chaired by Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, rejected the suit filed by the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems (CenCES), a prominent civil society organisation.
The court found that the application did not present compelling legal grounds to interfere with the constitutionally mandated proceedings.
Justices Baffoe-Bonnie, Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu, Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi, and Henry Anthony Kwofie formed the majority, while Justice Yaw Darko Asare dissented.
This marks the second time the Supreme Court has thrown out an injunction aimed at stopping the impeachment of Chief Justice Torkornoo.
The first was filed by Vincent Ekow Assafuah, Member of Parliament for Old Tafo-Panrono, who also argued that the process violated constitutional norms.
CenCES filed the current constitutional injunction application, arguing that the impeachment proceedings against the Chief Justice were unconstitutional and failed to follow due process.
The group alleged that the President, in initiating the proceedings, did not properly communicate the prima facie determination made in consultation with the Council of State.
Their legal counsel, Jacob Acquah-Sampson, contended that the failure to deliver the required notice to Justice Torkornoo rendered the proceedings procedurally flawed and asked the court to suspend the work of the five-member impeachment committee pending resolution of the main constitutional case.
