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Declare legal vacation for Superior Courts unconstitutional - Private citizen to Supreme Court
In a writ filed last Friday [August 7, 2026] which has the Attorney-General and the Chief Justice himself as defendants, Mr Gorni, wants the highest court of the land to declare that the complete suspension of sittings by the Superior Courts during the legal vacation is inconsistent with Articles 1(2), 19(1), 23, 33, 125 and 296 of the 1992 Constitution, and is therefore null, void and of no effect.
He is also asking the court to order the Chief Justice to make administrative arrangements, including rotational vacation sittings, to ensure the Superior Courts continue hearing and determining cases throughout the year.
Featured Aug - 12 - 2026 , 07:33 2 minutes read A private citizen, Elorm Kwami Gorni, has invoked the exclusive original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court asking it to declare the legal vacation observed by Superior Courts as unconstitutional.
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