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Supreme Court Judge, Justice Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi, says a person of depraved morality cannot be given the opportunity to administer justice in the country. This, he explained is because of the person’s element of impartiality and the need to engender the confidence of the people receiving the verdict. “A dishonest …

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has rejected a demand by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to remove the judge handling the case of former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resouces, Cecilia Abena Dapaah. This development was revealed by the OSP on Wednesday, October 25. “By a letter dated 25 …

The founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Accra High Court for stealing over GH¢90 million of the bank’s money. Essien, thus, becomes the first banking executive to serve a jail term following the massive banking …

Reverend Mrs Anthony Boakye (Yaa Asantewaa), the estranged wife of the founder and leader of Resurrection New Generation Church, Reverend Anthony Kwadwo Boakye, has expressed disappointment about the biography read at her late husband’s funeral. For a biography that was silent about her marriage to the late pastor at his …

High Court Judge, Justice Marie Louise Simmons has issued a notice stating that the former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Kwasi Nyantakyi, may be discharged if the state fails to present its case. This decision came after Assistant State Attorney, Derrick Ackah-Nyamike informed the court that the state is unable …

During the ongoing trial of Minority Leader Cassiel Ato Forson and Richard Jakpa for alleged financial loss to the state, Richard Jakpa, the second accused person, received a strong warning from the court on Tuesday, June 20, regarding his behaviour that could be deemed contemptuous. The warning came after an …

The Supreme Court has described the conduct of Justice Emmanuel Ankamah who sat on the case of the Estate of Rev. Emmanuel Dorgadzi (deceased) at the Tema High Court as “Shameful.” Justice Emmanuel Ankamah, currently a Justice of the Court of Appeal has been referred for investigation by the apex …

A man found guilty of stealing by the Adidome Circuit Court has been given an additional two-year jail term in addition to his initial five-year sentence due to his reaction to the verdict. Bawa Yussif, who operates fast food joints in Adidome and Aveyime, claimed that he purchased some bags …

An Accra High Court has told undercover investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas that what he practices is not investigative journalism, but “investigative terrorism.’’ This was after the court dismissed a GHC25 million defamatory suit the journalist brought against the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong. According to a report by …

The office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice has asked Justice Clemence Honyenuga, the judge hearing the case of former Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni to refer the case to the Chief Justice for a new judge. According to the AG “it is …