The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has filed a notice of legal objection at the Supreme Court to a supplementary affidavit filed by the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo.
Justice Torkornon on May 26 filed the affidavit in support of her interlocutory injunction against the committee probing three petitions for her removal.
In the affidavit, she claimed among others that her rights are being abused by members of the committee.
“That I respectfully seek leave of this Honourable Court to bring to the Court’s attention various developments since the filing of the present application which evidence a complete desecration of my basic constitutional rights to a fair trial, violation of my dignity and subjection to inhuman and degrading treatment, of a kind not meted out to even accused persons on trial for treason and other offences against the State,” Mrs Torkornoo wrote.
According to her, “That other developments like the denial of access into the hearing room for my husband and children, searches on my body, denial of access to telephones and laptops for myself and my lawyers (even though counsel for petitioners have access to their phones and laptops) and the conduct of the hearing itself in a high security zone at the premises of the Castle, Osu show a deliberate effort to subject me to mental torture and degrading treatment in violation of my fundamental rights.”
Mrs Torkornoo added “That all article 146 proceedings with the exception of the one I am being subjected to, had hitherto, been held in a judicial facility, specifically, the Courts Complex. The location of proceedings affecting me to a cordoned high security facility boggles the mind.”
In his objection filed on May 27, signed by Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem Sai, Dr Ayine requested the Supreme Court to, “Strike out the Plaintiff/Applicant’s supplementary affidavit dated May 26, 2025, in support of the motion on notice for an order of interlocutory injunction, and Make any other orders that the Court may deem fit.
He stated that grounds of objection as, “the depositions in the said affidavit violate Article 146(8) of the 1992 Constitution.”
“COURT TO BE MOVED on the day of 28th May, 2025 at 9 O’clock in the forenoon or so soon thereafter as Counsel for and on behalf of the Defendants/Respondents may be heard,” Dr Srem Sai wrote.
