Embattled judges, Justice Paul Uuter Dery and Justice Habib Logoh, have challenged the Chief Justice, Theodora Georgina Wood, for selecting a private legal practitioner to represent her in court instead of the Attorney General. The two, who are fighting the actions of the Chief Justice at the Supreme Court over their role in the judicial corruption … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday [February 7] threw out an appeal filed by a 42-year-old man currently serving a 30 year jail term saying “the planning and execution of the offence of robbery by the appellant was serious.” According to the court, it also did not find any merit in the mitigating factors filed by … Read more
The disqualified presidential aspirant of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP), Mr Thomas Nuako Ward-Brew, has filed an application at the Supreme Court praying the apex court to order the Electoral Commission (EC) to postpone the December 7, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections. He also wants the court to direct the EC to allow him to … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has apologized to the Supreme Court over the absence of any of the Commission members in court on November 9, when the writ to compel the EC to declare results on Special Voting commenced. Mr Amadu Sulley, EC Deputy Chairman in Charge of Operations, who rendered the apology said: “it was … Read more
Defence Network for Democracy(DEFNED) has critically monitored with keen interest the unfolding trajectories of legal tussle between the EC and some disqualified Presidential Aspirants in the Law Courts which necessitated the Electoral Commission in filing a motion in the Supreme Court with the aim of bringing finality to the matter leading to a landmark ruling … Read more
Presidential candidates for the 2016 elections will know their position on the balloting paper by November 10, 2016. This was contained in a press release by the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana on Monday, November 7, after it studied the judgement delivered by the Supreme Court which directed the election conducting body to allow all … Read more
The lead counsel of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Nii Ayikoi Otoo said the barely 24-hour extension ordered by the Supreme Court to the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) may not favour some political parties. He said he would rather the deadline was Wednesday, November 9. According to the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, … Read more