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Supreme Court dismisses AG’s objection in Chief Justice removal case
The Supreme Court hasdismissed an objection by the Attorney-General seeking an exclusion of members of the committee probing the Chief Justice from an injunction application.
Deputy Attorney-General, Justice Srem Sai argued that the writ did not explicitly name the committee members as parties intended to be affected by the suit and therefore asked the court to remove them as defendants.
Against this backdrop, former Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame opposed the objection, arguing that what matters is whether reliefs are being sought against the individuals, which in this case, he said, clearly involved the committee members.
In a ruling, a five-member panel of the court, presided over by the Acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, held the view that the indication by the Chief Justice that the committee members will not be affected by the writ was not fatal and subsequently dismissed the objection.