Suspended Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has taken legal action against former President John Dramani Mahama, challenging the legitimacy of her suspension.
In a writ filed at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, through her legal counsel Godfred Yeboah Dame — a former Attorney-General — Justice Torkornoo is seeking a series of declarations and orders nullifying her suspension.
Among the reliefs, she wants the Supreme Court to declare that President Mahama’s decision to establish a prima facie case against her “was arbitrary, capricious, in violation of the right of the Plaintiff to a fair trial and therefore unconstitutional, void and of no effect.”
She further contends that her constitutional right to a public hearing of the petitions brought against her has been violated and is asking the court to affirm her entitlement to such a hearing.
Additionally, Justice Torkornoo is asking the apex court to acknowledge her constitutional right to waive an in-camera hearing of the impeachment petitions filed against her, arguing that such a waiver falls within her privileges under the law.
As part of her suit, she is also requesting that Justices Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Adibu-Asiedu be barred from participating in the ongoing committee proceedings established to investigate the petitions.
According to her, Justice Pwamang, who currently chairs the five-member committee, is unfit for the role due to previous rulings he made in favour of Daniel Ofori — one of the petitioners in the case. She argues this prior involvement compromises his neutrality.
Regarding Justice Adibu-Asiedu, Justice Torkornoo maintains that he is equally disqualified, having already served on a Supreme Court panel that heard an interlocutory injunction related to the impeachment process.
She believes his inclusion on the investigative committee constitutes a conflict of interest.
