The Supreme Court has, by a 4–1 majority, thrown out a second lawsuit seeking to challenge the ongoing process to potentially remove suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo from office.
This latest suit was filed by a private citizen, Theodore Kofi Atta-Quartey, who asked the Court to freeze the work of the inquiry committee set up under Article 146 of the Constitution and suspend the presidential warrant that effected the Chief Justice’s suspension on April 22, 2025. His application, filed on May 20, was dismissed as lacking merit on Wednesday, May 21.
Earlier that same day, the Court, in a similar 4–1 ruling, dismissed a separate but related suit brought by the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems (CenCES) seeking an interlocutory injunction against the process.
The think tank had argued that President John Mahama’s suspension of the Chief Justice violated constitutional procedures and sought to invalidate both the suspension and the committee proceedings.
Both cases were heard by the same five-member panel comprising Justices, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie (presiding), Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu, Yonny Kulendi, Henry Anthony Kwofie, and Yaw Asare Darko. Justice Asare Darko dissented in both rulings.
The Court’s decisions effectively clear the path for the committee to continue its work on the possible removal of Justice Torkonoo.
