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Dear DC You’re in court against the Electoral Commission (EC). You don’t want the Commission to compile a new voter register for the 2020 parliamentary and presidential election. Almost all civil society organisations in Ghana have issued a statement saying a new register is needless. Some well-meaning Ghanaians agree with …

The Supreme Court through the Chief Justice has chastised the Deputy Attorney General for describing their order for the EC to legally justify the exclusion of Voters’ ID card from the compilation of the new voter register as “a bit premature”. The Supreme Court last week ordered the EC and …

The Electoral Commission is expected to by the close of today file documents at the Supreme Court to explain why it intends to exclude the existing voter’s ID as proof in compiling a new register. The document must justify the legal basis for not accepting the existing voters ID card …

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Chief Justice Anin Yeboah has unanimously dismissed the suit against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, on the issuance of a GHC2.25 billion bond. The court said the suit is dismissed as without merit. The CJ said the reasons of …

The Minority in Parliament has served notice it will challenge the Pre-Tertiary Bill in the Supreme Court. The provision in the Bill prompting this action has to do with the redefining of Basic Education to include Secondary Level Education. The Minority in a statement contended that this is “a violation …

President Akufo-Addo has nominated Professor Henrietta J.A.N Mensa-Bonsu for consideration as a judge of the Supreme Court. The respected criminologist and lecturer was nominated along with lawyer Yoni Kulendi, Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu and Clemence Hoenyenugah. Professor Mensa-Bonsu who a member of the Short Commission which probed the Ayawaso …

The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress Sammy Gyamfi has filed an interlocutory application at the Human Right division of the Accra High Court challenging the order by the Kaneshie District Court for his mobile phone to be searched. The application filed through his lawyers was premised in an …

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that courts are to sit on weekends and public holidays to deal with issues that affect personal liberty. This brings to an end the age-long practice where persons are arrested and kept beyond 48 hours because weekends and holidays are not …

MPs have approved President Nana Akufo-Addo’s appointees to the Supreme Court, JoyNews’ Kwesi Parker-Wilson reports from the House. The Appointment Committee vetted the three nominees earlier in the week and submitted their report to the House with a recommendation to proceed with their approval. Justice Mariama Owusu, Justice Lovelace Johnson …

The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional provisions in the Revenue Administration act restricting people without a Tax Identification Number (TIN) from filing cases in court. According to the unanimous decision of the court, the provision of the Act is inconsistent with the 1992 Constitution and has the potential to …