No regulations, no ‘group’ hunt: Why court quashed petitions against CJ Koome, judges High Court barred JSC from processing petitions seeking the removal of Supreme Court judges. News 18 min ago

Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Kenya) filed a petition challenging the petitions warning that the process could trigger a constitutional crisis if it resulted in the simultaneous removal of several or all seven Supreme Court judges.

The court also ruled that judges cannot be targeted collectively through a single removal petition, holding that complaints under Article 168 of the Constitution must be directed at individual judges and contain clear particulars of the alleged misconduct.

The judges said Article 168 provides a constitutional mechanism for removal of a judge for incapacity, gross misconduct or misbehaviour, but warned that the process must be exercised within clear procedural safeguards.