The Human Rights Division of the High Court in Accra has dismissed a judicial review application filed by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo.
The court ruled that the application was an abuse of court process and that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.
The decision, delivered by Justice Kwame Amoako, marks the failure of a second legal attempt by the suspended Chief Justice to stop ongoing proceedings for her possible removal under Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution.
This judicial review followed an earlier constitutional interpretation case Justice Torkonoo filed at the Supreme Court, which is still pending.
However, an application she filed for an injunction to halt the impeachment process while awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision had already been dismissed.
The latest High Court application, filed on June 9, 2025, sought nine reliefs, including declarations that the Article 146 committee investigating her had acted unlawfully and a request to prohibit the committee from proceeding without authenticated petitions and responses.
Justice Amoako grouped the reliefs into two categories: those dismissed as an abuse of court process and those struck out for want of jurisdiction.
He found that many of the Chief Justice’s claims—including objections to the committee’s procedures, its composition, and the alleged lack of authenticated documents—were already before the Supreme Court.
On jurisdictional grounds, the court dismissed the remaining reliefs, including claims that Justice Torkonoo was denied a fair hearing and that her legal team was prevented from fully participating.
The court held that it was barred from reviewing matters related to the committee’s in-camera proceedings, as protected under Article 146(8) of the Constitution.
