Supreme Court dismisses Justice Torkornoo’s injunction application

In the latest development, the Supreme Court has once again unanimously struck out an application for an interlocutory injunction filed by Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo.

The application filed by the suspended Chief Justice sought to halt her suspension and the impeachment proceedings against her.

At the Apex Court today, May 28, 2025, a five-member panel of the court, presided over by the Acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, held that the application had no merits and subsequently dismissed it.

This comes after the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a supplementary affidavit submitted by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo in connection with her application for an injunction.

In her affidavit, Justice Torkonoo claimed she had faced inhumane treatment, that her dignity had been violated, and characterised the ongoing proceedings as a “mockery of justice” and a “ruse” intended to unjustly remove her from her position.

However, the court ruled that the affidavit’s contents addressed matters that took place before the committee investigating her removal, a process that legally should be conducted in confidentiality.

A five-member panel agreed with the Attorney General’s objection, which asserted that the supplementary affidavit contravened Article 146(8) of the Constitution.

This article stipulates that proceedings related to the removal of justices must be held privately.