Dr Dominic Ayine, the Attorney-General, has told the Accra High Court to dismiss a case filed by the suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo.
The Attorney General has filed an application at the Human Rights Division of the High Court in Accra, seeking to strike out Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo’s earlier application for judicial review, citing a serious misstatement of capacity and the failure to include essential parties, errors that render the process null and void.
According to the Attorney General documents filed in court by the Deputy Attorney-General, Dr. Justice Srem Sai asserted that matters raised by CJ Torkornoo have already been dealt with or are pending at the Supreme Court.
The Attorney-General replies in the court document noted, “The cases of Her Ladyship, Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo v The Attorney-General & 5 Others, (Suit No.J8/113/2025), Centre for Citizenship Constitutional Electoral Systems LBG(CenCes) v the Attorney-General & 2 Others, (Suit No.J1/20/2025), Vincent Ekow Assafuah v The Attorney-General (Suit No. J1/18/2025), and Ebenezer Osei-Owusu v The Attorney-General (Suit No.J1/19/2025 and Theodore Kofi Atta-Quartey v Attorney-General (Suit No.J8/109/2025).
The AG added, “That the matters upon which the originating motion and reliefs therein are based on matters which have either been previously decided by the Supreme Court or are properly pending before the Supreme Court for determination. This honourable court ought to exercise its jurisdiction to strike out the Applicant/Respondent’s originating motion for judicial review.”
The Attorney General’s request comes following the Chief Justice calling on the Supreme Court and now the High Court to halt her removal process.
Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo claimed a series of rights violations, including allegations that she has not been given a fair idea of the prima facie determination by the President and Council of State.
Meanwhile, the Chief Justice speaking to the media on 25 June, 2025, stated, “The first reason is that the removal process that I am involved in as Chief Justice is historic. In all of Ghana’s 68-year history as an independent republic, there has never been a hearing for the removal of the Chief Justice.
One would therefore have hoped that if such a process becomes necessary, it would provide good guidance and precedent for nation-building. Unfortunately, every step of the removal process being undertaken against me is being done in a manner that breaks every rule on how justice is delivered in the country.
And this is why I find the need to draw the nation’s attention this afternoon, to the serious violations of the Constitution and law in the process, and the danger it holds for the development of the nation’s democracy”.
She added, “Let me assure everybody that I do not seek to cling to a title or position. However, as a lawyer of 38 years standing, a Judge of 21 years standing, and Chief Justice of Ghana who has served in the rule of law all of my working life, I consider it my onerous duty and obligation to speak up concerning the administration of justice in this country.
The situation I have been confronted with has shown me a model of injustice that I would never have thought possible if I had not been exposed to it. This is why despite great personal discomfort, I have decided to marshal every effort, in law and leadership, to answer to this situation.
Furthermore, resigning or retiring while Article 146 proceedings are being conducted to remove a Judge is not an option any Judge or public official is even allowed to have. There is a decided case on the subject by the Supreme Court. The suit number is J6/02/2019”.
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