Supreme Court Dismisses Challenges to Removal of Former Chief Justice Torkornoo
Unanimous ruling brings an end to domestic legal challenges over the former Chief Justice's dismissal.
- Supreme Court dismissed all four cases.
- Gertrude Torkornoo's removal has been upheld.
- Domestic legal challenges have now been exhausted.
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed all four cases challenging the removal of former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, bringing an end to the domestic legal disputes surrounding her dismissal.
A seven-member panel, chaired by Justice Amadu Tanko, ruled on Thursday, July 2, 2026, that the consolidated suits lacked merit. The decision effectively upholds the constitutional process that led to Justice Torkornoo’s removal from office.
The legal actions were filed in 2025 by Tafo MP Vincent Assafuah, private citizen Theodore Atta Quartey, former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, and the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems after her suspension following the establishment of a prima facie case. The Supreme Court later consolidated the cases for hearing.
Justice Torkornoo was removed from office on September 1, 2025, after a five-member committee of inquiry, chaired by Justice Gabriel Pwamang, found her culpable of misconduct, including the alleged misuse of public funds and breaches of constitutional procedures relating to judicial administration. Her dismissal marked the first removal of a sitting Chief Justice under the Fourth Republic through the constitutional process.
The ruling follows a June 24, 2026, decision by the ECOWAS Court of Justice, which also dismissed claims brought by the former Chief Justice against the Republic of Ghana. With the Supreme Court’s latest judgment, all domestic legal challenges to her removal have now been concluded.
