A fresh injunction suit filed at the Supreme Court against the five-member committee investigating the petitions seeking the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo is expected to be heard by the Supreme Court bench on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
The suit, filed at the apex court on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, by Theodore Kofi Atta-Quartey, a concerned Ghanaian citizen, seeks a restraining order to halt the proceedings of the five-member committee and to suspend the enforcement of the suspension warrant issued against the suspended Chief Justice.
The committee, instituted by President following the determination of a prima facie case against Gertrude Torkornoo, is led by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, with Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu, , Major Flora Bazaanura Dalugo, and Professor James Sefah Dzisah. "An Order restraining any step or action taken or from being taken, particularly, the hearing by the Committee of Inquiry, as part of the processes for the removal of the Chief Justice under Article 146) of the Constitution, 1992, pending the determination of the instant action; "An order suspending the operation of the Warrant of suspension issued by the President against the Chief Justice under Article 146 (10) (a) of the Constitution, 1992 pending the final determination of the instant action," portions of court documents shared by legal platform, thelawplatform, quotes.
The suit seeking an interlocutory injunction follows an earlier substantive writ filed by the same individual, Theodore Kofi Atta-Quartey, on May 15, 2025.
