Supreme Court dismisses Chief Justice injunction application

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application for interlocutory injunction filed by the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, seeking to halt her suspension and the impeachment proceedings against her.

In a unanimous decision today, 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 .

Justice Torkornoo wanted the court to halt her suspension and the impeachment proceedings against her pending the final determination of her suit challenging the constitutionality of the impeachment proceedings against her.