Suspended CJ Torkornoo files injunction against committee probing her removal

Suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo has filed an application at the Supreme Court. She seeks to stop a committee set up by President John Mahama. This committee is investigating petitions for her removal from office.

The suit was filed on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The Chief Justice requests an injunction to halt all committee proceedings until the case is resolved.

Court documents show she wants the Supreme Court to restrain the six-member committee. This committee includes Justices Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu, among others. She wants them to stop any inquiries related to the petitions against her.

Additionally, she seeks to bar Justices Pwamang and Adibu-Asiedu from participating in any deliberations of the committee. The Chief Justice also asks the court to suspend her suspension warrant issued by the President under Article 146(10) of the Constitution.

Her legal team at Dame and Partners filed this suit. It is expected to be heard in the Supreme Court soon.

Earlier today, the Supreme Court dismissed another application by Theodore Kofi Atta-Quartey. He challenged the process for possibly removing Justice Torkornoo from office.

This application was deemed unmeritorious and dismissed on May 21. It marks the second suit on this matter dismissed by the Supreme Court that day.

In a previous case, CenCES sought to reverse President Mahama's suspension of Chief Justice Torkornoo. They also aimed to halt the work of the inquiry committee.

The five-member panel included Justices Paul Baffoe-Bonnie (Presiding), Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu, Yonny Kulendi, Henry Anthony Kwofie, and Yaw Asare Darko. Justice Darko was the sole dissenter in that ruling.

CenCES argued that the President’s action violated constitutional provisions. They sought an order to invalidate both her suspension and ongoing proceedings by the inquiry committee.

However, the apex court upheld the President’s decision and allowed committee work to continue.