The suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, has filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking to restrain a committee set up by President John Mahama to investigate petitions seeking her removal from office.
In the suit filed on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, the Chief Justice is requesting an interlocutory injunction to halt all proceedings of the committee, pending the final determination of the case.
The committee, composed of six members, including Justices Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu, was set up to probe petitions brought against her.
The Chief Justice wants the Supreme Court to issue an order restraining the committee from proceeding with any inquiry related to the petitions.
She is also seeking to bar Justices Pwamang and Adibu-Asiedu from presiding or participating in any deliberations of the committee.
Furthermore, the Chief Justice is asking the court to suspend the operation of the warrant for her suspension issued by the President under Article 146(10) of the Constitution until a final determination is made on the matter.
The suit, filed by her legal team at Dame and Partners, is expected to be moved at the Supreme Court in the coming days.
This development comes after the Supreme Court, by a 4 to 1 majority decision, dismissed two separate suits challenging the process to possibly remove the suspended Chief Justice from office.
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