The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, has dismissed the injunction sought by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo against processes to have her removed from office.
A five-member panel of the court ruled that there were no merits in Justice Torkornoo’s injunction application.
Similarly, it struck out a supplementary application the Chief Justice’s team had filed on grounds of rights violations from proceedings at the committee’s hearings. Some of these violations Justice Torkornoo’s team alleged, included the denial of access to her husband and children to the courtroom, searches on her body, and the denial of access to telephones and laptops for herself and her lawyers.
But the court noted that the matters raised in her application were in breach of Article 146(8) of the Constitution. That provision mandates that proceedings concerning the removal of justices be conducted in private.
This dismissed injunction would be the third time the Supreme Court has thrown out applications to halt the committee probing petitions against the Chief Justice.