Oppong Nkrumah drags Chief Justice to Supreme Court over ‘selective justice’ during legal vacation

In a writ filed at the Supreme Court in 2026, Mr Oppong Nkrumah is seeking declarations that the Chief Justice’s decision to direct some judges to conduct criminal trials involving selected cases during the legal vacation is inconsistent with several provisions of the 1992 Constitution and should therefore be declared unconstitutional, null and void.

Mr Oppong Nkrumah is asking the Supreme Court to determine whether the Chief Justice’s exercise of administrative and judicial discretion in selecting cases for vacation sittings meets the constitutional requirements governing such discretion.

Oppong Nkrumah wants the Supreme Court to determine whether warrants issued by the Chief Justice directing certain judges to sit during the legal vacation for the conduct of criminal trials in selected cases are compatible with Articles 17(1) and (2), 23 and 296(a) and (b) of the Constitution.