In line with this objective, leaders of the SaveTheJudiciaryDemo presented a petition to the Judicial Service of Ghana for the attention of the acting Chief Justice, Baffoe Bonnie.

Ms Torkornoo is Ghana's third female chief justice and was nominated in 2023 by former President Nana Akufo-Addo. It is her responsibility to oversee the administration of justice in Ghana.

The suspension of the chief justice of the supreme court of Ghana, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, and the investigation ordered by Ghana's president, John Mahama, over allegations of ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The president of Ghana has suspended the chief justice of the country's Supreme Court, the government said, days after an investigation was launched against her.

Chief justices can only be removed from office on a few grounds, such as incompetence or misbehaviour. Ms Torkornoo is Ghana's third female chief justice and was nominated in 2023 by Akufo-Addo.

Last Tuesday, May 6, the Supreme Court of Ghana in a 3-2 majority dismissed an application by Vincent Ekow Assafuah, a member of parliament who invited the court to halt the suspension of Ghana’s ...

Opposition MPs in Ghana have fiercely condemned the suspension of the country's chief justice, accusing President John Mahama of trying to "pack the courts" with justices who are sympathetic to ...

ACCRA, Ghana — The president of Ghana has suspended the chief justice of the country's Supreme Court, the government said, days after an investigation was launched against her.

Ms Torkornoo is Ghana's third female chief justice and was nominated in 2023 by former President Nana Akufo-Addo. It is her responsibility to oversee the administration of justice in Ghana.

Ghana’s president has suspended the chief justice of the country’s Supreme Court, days after an investigation was launched against her.

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The president of Ghana has suspended the chief justice of the country's Supreme Court, the government said, days after an investigation was launched against her.