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Analysis: Prof Kwaku Azar dissects Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s suit against legal vacation

RIGHT TO HEALTH A declaration that directing some judges to conduct selected criminal trials during the legal vacation violates the right to health of affected members of the Bar and Judicial Service, contrary to Articles 24(1), 24(2) and 36(10), and is therefore unconstitutional, null and void.
SECOND, EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW DOES NOT MEAN EVERY CASE MUST BE TREATED IDENTICALLY Relief 2 describes the hearing of selected criminal cases as “selective justice” contrary to Article 17(1).“SELECTIVE JUSTICE” A declaration that promoting and facilitating the hearing of “special criminal cases” during the legal vacation, while allegedly neglecting other criminal cases, amounts to selective justice contrary to Article 17(1) and is therefore unconstitutional, null and void.
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