Former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has filed a case at the High Court against her removal as Chief Justice.
She is also seeking to halt the vetting of the Chief Justice nominee, Paul Baffoe Bonnie.
In the suit, she is seeking “An order of certiorari bringing up into this court for the purpose of being quashed and for quashing, the proceedings of the 15th of May 2025 and the entire proceedings and outcomes of the Article 146 set up to consider petitions to remove the Applicant chaired by Pwamang JSC (“Pwamang Committee” “Committee”).
An order of certiorari bringing up into this court for the purpose of being quashed and for quashing, each and all of the three reasons/grounds given by the Pwamang Committee for recommending the removal of the Applicant from office as Chief Justice as stated in the letter of the Secretary to the President dated 1st September 2025.
An order of certiorari bringing up into this court for the purpose of being quashed and for quashing the Presidential Warrant dated September 1, 2025 removing Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo from office as Chief Justice and Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ghana.
An order prohibiting the consideration and appointment of a new substantive Chief Justice of Ghana. An order prohibiting the denial or withdrawal of the salary, benefit, courtesies and other entitlements due to the Applicant before the Warrant of Removal dated the 1st of September, 2025. Any other relief(s) the Honourable Court may deem fit to make.”
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