President John Dramani Mahama suspends Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo following three petitions alleging misconduct and incompetence.
-A five-member committee, chaired by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, is established to investigate the allegations.
-Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, the Senior most judge at the Supreme Court assumed role as Acting Chief Justice.
April 26, 2025: GBA issued a statement asking the suspension of the CJ to be revoked.
May 15: Justice Gabriel Pwamang Committee had its first sitting and set timeline for the proceedings.
May 21: The Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, filed her interlocutory injunction at the Supreme Court. She sought to restrain the committee set up by President John Mahama to investigate petitions seeking her removal from office, pending the final determination of the case.
May 28: The Supreme Court dismissed Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s injunction application. The court, presided over by Justice Tanko Amadu JSC, ruled that the application lacked merit and refused to grant the injunction to halt the constitutional processes initiated against her.
June 25, 2025: Chief Justice Torkornoo announces her intention to address the nation regarding the suspension and ongoing proceedings.
July 4: 2025: The Chief Justice escalates her challenge to the ECOWAS Court, claiming violations of her rights to a fair hearing, dignity, and fair working conditions.
July 31, 2025: Human Rights Court in Accra strikes out suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo’s originating motion for Judicial Review as an abuse of Court process and want of jurisdiction.
August 2025: The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) and notable legal figures testify before the committee, defending the Chief Justice’s actions. The committee receives approximately 10,000 pages of documentary exhibits.
September 1, 2025: The committee presented its report on Daniel Ofori’s petition to President Mahama at the Jubilee House, containing recommendations on the petition seeking the Chief Justice’s removal.
CJ removed from Office after 133 days since she was suspended on April 22.
Source :www.kumasimail.com
