Supreme Court to rule today on challenge to legal vacation warrants

The Supreme Court’s ruling today is expected to determine whether the administrative warrants issued by the Chief Justice can stand and whether the selected criminal cases can continue during the legal vacation.

The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its ruling today, Friday, August 21, on a suit challenging the constitutionality of administrative warrants issued by Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie directing selected High Court judges to continue sitting during the legal vacation.

At the centre of the substantive challenge is the argument that continuing criminal trials during the legal vacation could interfere with the accused persons’ right to fair representation and their choice of lawyers.