Supreme Court to determine whether to restrain high court from conducting criminal trials during legal vacation

The MP is asking the apex court to determine whether administrative warrants issued by the Chief Justice, directing selected High Court judges to sit and conduct criminal trials during the legal vacation, are constitutional.

Justice Gabriel Pwamang who heard the motion as a single judge gave the dates after hearing arguments for and against the grant of the interlocutory injunction The suit The application is tied to a substantive suit filed by the Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, against the Chief Justice and the Attorney-General.

Preliminary legal objection Before arguments on the injunction began, Mr Davies raised an objection to the Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, representing both the Chief Justice and the Attorney-General in the matter.