Former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has filed a fresh legal action at the High Court in Accra seeking to halt the vetting and appointment of Justice Baffoe-Bonnie as the next Chief Justice of Ghana.
According to the action filed on her behalf by her lawyers, she seeks to reverse the entire proceedings of the Article 146 Committee chaired by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, which was constituted to consider petitions for her removal.
Mrs. Torkornoo wants the court to also set aside all proceedings conducted by the Committee tasked with investigating petitions for her removal.
The former Chief Justice is further asking that the Presidential Warrant that removed her from office be declared unlawful, null, void, and of no effect.
“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” or “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,” she prayed.
She is also seeking, “An order prohibiting the denial or withdrawal of the salary, benefits, courtesies, and other entitlements due to the Applicant before the Warrant of Removal dated the 15th of September, 2025.”
Read below a copy of the document
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
