Supreme Court News

Be interested in cases you bring before us- CJ cautions MPs

The Chief Justice intimated that when this is not stopped, the court would be forced to impose costs...

Full Reasoning: Supreme Court dismisses Anas' motion for Certiorari against High Court judgment

Anas filed the suit in June 2018 on the claims of the tortious offense of libel, allegedly committed...

Supreme Court case diary for week commencing March 13, 2024

Cases up for consideration include civil appeals, and civil motions scheduled for only a first sessi...

Removal, dismissal of IGP, CFO, DG Prisons Service by new governments unconstitutional - IMANI to SC

The plaintiffs, IMANI and Prof Kwesi Aning, argue that these Institutions are part of the public ser...

Restrain parliament from forwarding Anti-LGBTQ Bill to president-Gender activist to Supreme Court

She is specifically seeking an interlocutory injunction to restrain the Speaker of Parliament, Clerk...

Supreme Court case diary for week commencing March 5, 2024

Cases up for consideration include civil appeals, and civil motions scheduled for only a first sessi...

Occupy Jubilee house demo: Supreme Court dismisses motion challenging police injunction

The motion, filed by a member of the Democracy Hub, Benjamin Akuffo-Darko basically argued that the ...

Anti-LGBTQ Bill: Citi FM's Richard Sky goes to Supreme Court, wants it declared null and void

Sky, who's also a private legal practitioner asserts that the bill passed by Parliament contravenes ...

Supreme Court dismisses Child Right Int'l suit against child streetism

The NGO started the suit in 2022, seeking to enforce and give meaning to Childrens' right to educati...

GHC 25m Anas defamation suit : Ken Agyepong wins at Supreme Court

Anas filed the suit in June 2018 on the claims of the tortious offense of libel, allegedly committed...

Supreme Court case diary for week commencing February 28, 2024

The cases up for consideration include writs, civil appeals, and civil motions scheduled for only a ...

Daniel Ofori challenges High Court’s ‘perceived’ stay of Supreme Court ruling in ECOBANK case

He argued that the Honourable High Court Judge, per her September 2023 ruling, sought to halt the ex...

Occupy ‘Julorbi’ house demo: SC to rule on application challenging police injunction

The applicant argues that the Ghana Police Service violated the notice and hearing rule by refusing ...

Supreme Court case diary for week commencing February 20-22, 2024

Cases up for consideration include writs, civil motions, and appeals, scheduled for first and second...

Land battle between Apostolic Faith Mission, Mohammed Odartey Lamptey- SC ‘neutralizes’ Letter from Above

This was in the case of Mohammed Odartey Lamptey and Degraft Osei Kwame’s Apostolic Faith Mission, w...

Supreme Court case diary for week commencing February 14, 2024

The particular cases up for consideration include civil appeals and a civil motion scheduled for onl...

Order GNPC to present loan agreements to parliament- Lawyer to Supreme Court

According to him, GNPC's practice of borrowing on its own accord contravenes Article 181(3) and (4) ...

It’s unconstitutional for teachers to go on strike – Child Rights Int’l drags GNAT, NAGRAT, CCT to Supreme Court

In the end, the Supreme Court established that workers, including teachers, have a right to unionize...

‘Erase all foreign symbols from imported cars in Ghana’– Lawyer drags DVLA to Supreme Court

Supreme Court Correspondent Richard Osei Boateng reports, however, that the 7-member panel presided ...

Supreme Court urges spouses, prospective couples to negotiate marital properties

According to the court, this will deal with the winner-takes-all attitude in prosecuting divorce pro...

Supreme Court case diary for week commencing February 6-8, 2024

The particular cases up for consideration include civil motions and appeals scheduled for first and ...

Supreme Court case diary for week commencing January 30 - 31, 2024

The particular cases up for consideration include civil motions and appeals scheduled for first and ...

Supreme Court declines Opuni’s invitation to prohibit judge from hearing his case

In dismissing the case, the five-member panel presided over by Pwamang JSC noted that it was not con...

Why Ghanaian celebrities are in Supreme Court against FDA; Judgment set for April 10

The seven-member panel of the Supreme Court, presided over by Chief Justice Torkornoo, has meanwhile...

Magnanimity gone bad: Supreme Court saves man from losing Airport House to friend’s wife

"A transaction between two close friends got entangled in the vicissitudes of Ghana’s constitutional...