The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the consolidated cases challenging the removal of former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, bringing an end to the domestic legal battle over her dismissal.
A seven-member panel chaired by Justice Amadu Tanko on Thursday, July 2, 2026, ruled that the cases lacked merit and dismissed them.
The decision closes all legal attempts within Ghana to overturn Justice Torkornoo’s removal, ending months of political and judicial controversy that followed her suspension and eventual dismissal in September 2025.
The legal challenges stemmed from four separate suits filed in 2025 after a prima facie case was established from petitions seeking her removal.
The cases were brought by Tafo MP Vincent Assafuah, private citizen Theodore Atta Quartey, Justice Torkornoo herself, and the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems.
The Supreme Court later merged the four suits into two consolidated cases for hearing.
Justice Torkornoo was removed from office on September 1, 2025, after a five-member committee of inquiry, chaired by Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Pwamang, recommended her dismissal.
The committee was established under Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution to investigate allegations of stated misbehaviour.
It found her responsible for several breaches, including the alleged misuse of public funds through travel-related expenses and payments involving family members, as well as violations of constitutional procedures governing judicial administration.
Her dismissal marked the first time in Ghana’s Fourth Republic that a sitting Chief Justice had been removed through the constitutional process.
In a related development, the ECOWAS Court of Justice on June 24, 2026, also dismissed all claims brought by the former Chief Justice against the Republic of Ghana.
The regional court ruled that there was no evidence of a violation of her rights and rejected her claim for damages.
With the Supreme Court’s latest decision, all domestic legal challenges against Justice Torkornoo’s removal have now been concluded.
