Prof Appiagyei-Atua on why Torkornoo's return as Supreme Court Judge may be impossible

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Kwame 2 months ago

It is nowhere in the world that when a worker misconducts himself and is summarily dismissed the same worker can be given another position in the same company or state establishment from which he was summarily dismissed.
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It is nowhere in the world that when a worker misconducts himself and is summarily dismissed the same worker can be given another position in the same company or state establishment from which he was summarily dismissed.
That will happen only if a court found out that the workers was wrongly dismissed.
We are NPP 2 months ago

Let us stop making this irrelevant comments about madam Araba Torkornoo. She herself knows that her time is over as both a political representative and CJ. She is only interested in some USD$$$$$$

Let us stop making this irrelevant comments about madam Araba Torkornoo. She herself knows that her time is over as both a political representative and CJ. She is only interested in some USD$$$$$$
Dr Mumbi Seraki 2 months ago

Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine. For instance 15 paracetamol at once......or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine. For instance 15 paracetamol at once......or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.
Karikakchar 2 months ago

Obviously the law is about nothing. All these supposed gaps create room for judges to use their discretionary power to satisfy parochial interest.

Obviously the law is about nothing. All these supposed gaps create room for judges to use their discretionary power to satisfy parochial interest.
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JESUS IS GOD 2 months ago

Jesus Christ loves you and wants to save you from sin and its consequences. He died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day. Believe in Him, accept His gift of forgiveness, and receive eternal ...
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Jesus Christ loves you and wants to save you from sin and its consequences. He died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day. Believe in Him, accept His gift of forgiveness, and receive eternal life! (John 3:16).nvcfd
Simple 2 months ago

By their logic, that means if IGP, AUDITOR General, CDS, EC CHAIRMAN AND MANY MOTE ARE REMOVED THEN THEY GO BACK TO THEIR FOLD.....what kind of flawed thinking or reasoning is this

By their logic, that means if IGP, AUDITOR General, CDS, EC CHAIRMAN AND MANY MOTE ARE REMOVED THEN THEY GO BACK TO THEIR FOLD.....what kind of flawed thinking or reasoning is this
Jack 2 months ago

Masa, allow the law to speak. The AG, who is and minister and MP as well. If through petition he is removed as AG or a minister, will that affect him also as an MP? What does the constitution say in such cases? Let her test t ...
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Masa, allow the law to speak. The AG, who is and minister and MP as well. If through petition he is removed as AG or a minister, will that affect him also as an MP? What does the constitution say in such cases? Let her test the law. She can't lose everything because of one's hatred for her.
Donatus 2 months ago

Massa, I beg to differ. Who says an offence him as AG and as MP? Says that? If the AG steals, murders or rapes someone for example, he the AG will lose both AG and MP. No law, no one law in this country says if a minister com ...
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Massa, I beg to differ. Who says an offence him as AG and as MP? Says that? If the AG steals, murders or rapes someone for example, he the AG will lose both AG and MP. No law, no one law in this country says if a minister commits a crime he loses only the minister and retains the MP, no law.

Karikakchar 2 months ago

Ministers are removed from time to time and those removed if MPs always go back to parliament. I don't know what's right or wrong in this whole thing but the hatred that's shown towards Torkonu gives me the impression that sh ...
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Ministers are removed from time to time and those removed if MPs always go back to parliament. I don't know what's right or wrong in this whole thing but the hatred that's shown towards Torkonu gives me the impression that she's been removed just because of hatred for her person.
3rdEye 2 months ago

Karikakchar, you think it is hatred towards her (Torkornoo)?! Really?!

She herself, knows that she messed up. Thus, jeopardizing her career, credibility and dignity and a legal practitioner.

Let her test the law for a m ...
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Karikakchar, you think it is hatred towards her (Torkornoo)?! Really?!

She herself, knows that she messed up. Thus, jeopardizing her career, credibility and dignity and a legal practitioner.

Let her test the law for a million a billion times, she will not win. Reason being, you cannot abuse the law or use the law wrongfully suppress and oppress people and go free all the time.

Posterity will judge you as soon as karma veers its head to secure the perimeter which you see as your rigbt of lane.

Let Ghians shun the hypocrisy and be patriots when issues like Torkornoo's crops up. You cannot eat you cake and have it.

No matter what you do and come what may, the presence of light drives and will always drive darkness away.

Torkornoo, should seek forgiveness from herself and the people she hurt with her actions leading to her removal.

She is not more Ghanaian than Ghanaians and her children even know she she knows messed up.
SURVIVAL. 2 months ago

Jack you're a stupid fool.Is minister the same as Mp?

Jack you're a stupid fool.Is minister the same as Mp?
Adasaman 2 months ago

Jack, you are really low-minded. To be appointed a Minister or what-not isn't contingent on any primary status as MP, etc. It is at the discretion of the "appointer" to assign an MP or whoever the status as a Minister or what ...
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Jack, you are really low-minded. To be appointed a Minister or what-not isn't contingent on any primary status as MP, etc. It is at the discretion of the "appointer" to assign an MP or whoever the status as a Minister or whatever.

As such, when the President divests that appointee as a Minister, it doesn't take away the original status as an MP

The President doesn't have the power to strip an MP of his/her status, won at the elections.

The constituents of the constituencies have the power to RECALL any MP who falls below expectation.

Why are some of you so lazy upstairs?
Okyere J. 2 months ago

The whole point we are all missing is the fact that Torkonoo mis-conducted herself and what happened is CRIMINAL, VERY CRIMINAL!!! She is very lucky she isn't before a court for a charge on misappropriation of public funds. S ...
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The whole point we are all missing is the fact that Torkonoo mis-conducted herself and what happened is CRIMINAL, VERY CRIMINAL!!! She is very lucky she isn't before a court for a charge on misappropriation of public funds. She took her husband and daughter on her schedule, who were not public servants, nor employees on public payroll yet allowed them be paid per diem from public funds. She is one VERY LUCKY BITCH, she should have had it tough in other democracies.
TRUST IN THE LORD 2 months ago

You are wrong and had every thought here wrong. MP’ represent the people by the choice of the people and that gives them the job. By appointing an MP to occupy a ministerial office is an executive privilege and don’t forg ...
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You are wrong and had every thought here wrong. MP’ represent the people by the choice of the people and that gives them the job. By appointing an MP to occupy a ministerial office is an executive privilege and don’t forget non-MP’ are equally appointed.
Being stripped of executive appointment as an MP doesn’t nullify the choice the people made through ballots.
However the CJ became a CJ because she was first and foremost a SCJ. She wasn’t elected by any constituency whatsoever but earned the position by the same appointing authority that employed her throughout to the bench as a judge
Nananom 2 months ago

MP position is elected by the constituents to represent them. The CJ by default was also an appointment position. Being at the supreme court as a judge is also by appointment. She was vetted by parliament to that position and ...
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MP position is elected by the constituents to represent them. The CJ by default was also an appointment position. Being at the supreme court as a judge is also by appointment. She was vetted by parliament to that position and now that she has lost that CJ position, goes with the appointment to the supreme court. It's not all lawyers that are sent to the supreme court to work. You can't be a CJ if you are not appointed to the supreme court. She has lost both positions.
Yaw 2 months ago

Araba just chill and fight for your money for you will never go back there.

Araba just chill and fight for your money for you will never go back there.
POURFENDEUR DE LA CORRUPTION/ANTI-CORRUPTION 2 months ago

You see the harm John Ford Airbus Deadgoat Dumsor Mahama has caused the nation? Ghanaians were warned about the return of John Mahama but they didn't listen. The judiciary, an arm of government is now compromised. It is no lo ...
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You see the harm John Ford Airbus Deadgoat Dumsor Mahama has caused the nation? Ghanaians were warned about the return of John Mahama but they didn't listen. The judiciary, an arm of government is now compromised. It is no longer neutral. No other political party will take a political case to court because of perceive bias. The NDC premeditation to remove the CJ has come to pass. It will come back to harm them and the nation will be the loser. This scar caused by the drankard John Ford Airbus Deadgoat Dumsor Mahama will be there forever.
Paa Joe 2 months ago

Just another ignorant NPP support.
Ghana has moved on and you can choose to live in the past. You can call the president any name you can think of that will not change the fact that Ghanaians voted for him as their preside ...
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Just another ignorant NPP support.
Ghana has moved on and you can choose to live in the past. You can call the president any name you can think of that will not change the fact that Ghanaians voted for him as their president.

Benbella 2 months ago

Does the misconduct matter against her equally apply to the removal of a justice of the supreme court? If it does, then in my humble opinion she can't be a justice of the supreme court. Period.

Does the misconduct matter against her equally apply to the removal of a justice of the supreme court? If it does, then in my humble opinion she can't be a justice of the supreme court. Period.
Araba Asaaba Gertrude Torkono My Sympathy Though! 2 months ago

The crime she committed is related to her misbehaviour as a CJ and logically should affect her position as a Supreme Court Judge why because 2+5=7. Moreover both positions are within the judiciary.
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The crime she committed is related to her misbehaviour as a CJ and logically should affect her position as a Supreme Court Judge why because 2+5=7. Moreover both positions are within the judiciary.
Her chances of remaining as Supreme Court judge logically speaking is zero. If you steal a goat but didn’t steal a sheep that doesn’t exonerate you from being punished because you didn’t steal a sheep? Whether
The punishment for the crime of stealing a sheep will still be the same as the crime of stealing a goat punishable by law. She is just trying to test the law but she rightly point out during the time she was being vetted for the position of CJ by parliament I think 2023 or so - the law is the law and remains the law.
With all honesty some of us sympathise with you- a fine lady who rose to such a high level a feat worth emulating despite the bottle necks and difficulties you went through as girl child in academic endeavours.
Prayer 2 months ago

@Benbella,You are intelligent.You think deep.I doff my heart to you

@Benbella,You are intelligent.You think deep.I doff my heart to you
Andropov 2 months ago

Osono maame, based on the committee’s findings, the president can then proceed to dismiss you as your worth as a Supreme Court judge is in doubt. Maame just beg for your entitlement. This can be done through the president� ...
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Osono maame, based on the committee’s findings, the president can then proceed to dismiss you as your worth as a Supreme Court judge is in doubt. Maame just beg for your entitlement. This can be done through the president’s prerogative of mercy
Akua 2 months ago

INTERESTING ! THEN DAMPARE , KWASI ACHEAPONG AND KOFI KYEI SHOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO BE IN THE POLICE SERVICE HAVING BEEN PROMOTED TO THE HIGHER RANK OF COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE !!!!

INTERESTING ! THEN DAMPARE , KWASI ACHEAPONG AND KOFI KYEI SHOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO BE IN THE POLICE SERVICE HAVING BEEN PROMOTED TO THE HIGHER RANK OF COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE !!!!
Kwame 2 months ago

Jack, the fact is that the Chief Justice is not an elected position, thus he cannot compare himself to a member of parliament who is at the same time a member of parliament, who still holds his position in parliament when rem ...
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Jack, the fact is that the Chief Justice is not an elected position, thus he cannot compare himself to a member of parliament who is at the same time a member of parliament, who still holds his position in parliament when removed from his position as a minister.
A worker who is dismissed by his employer cannot hold any other position in the enterprise from which he was dismissed.
Goku max 2 months ago

Must the constitution say everything expressly before as human we can appreciate it? You are sacked as the CEO of the establishment and you want to come back and be a management member. Morally, mentally, humanly, spiritually ...
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Must the constitution say everything expressly before as human we can appreciate it? You are sacked as the CEO of the establishment and you want to come back and be a management member. Morally, mentally, humanly, spiritually, ethically and constitutionally it's impracticable. Close this chapter and move on. Major things are awaiting patiently.
Prince 2 months ago

Interesting days ahead. Who should live above reproach comparatively, justices of the Supreme Court or the chief justice? The chief justice, presumably demoted, can he/she rise back to become chief justice again? If so, what ...
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Interesting days ahead. Who should live above reproach comparatively, justices of the Supreme Court or the chief justice? The chief justice, presumably demoted, can he/she rise back to become chief justice again? If so, what are the implications of that?
Osahene Asantie Yeboah 2 months ago

When judges steal or corrupt themselves whiles in office, what happens to them? According to the constitution/the law, they are fired! Madam Torkornoo misappropriated state funds, and has been found by a committee of guilty o ...
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When judges steal or corrupt themselves whiles in office, what happens to them? According to the constitution/the law, they are fired! Madam Torkornoo misappropriated state funds, and has been found by a committee of guilty of the charges. You're fired as a supreme court chief justice and because you are also judge of our court, you face double jeopardy by losing both positions. You don't need to be a lawyer to undestand it. You're chief justice because you're judge so, the dismissal affects you as a judge. Madam, you don't have a case!
Kojois 2 months ago

Low iq. The law is simple. Was she not a ghanaian. Does she has right to work. Mahama just read history and communication and he does not know anything about the law. He don't even qualified to rule tha country that is why gh ...
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Low iq. The law is simple. Was she not a ghanaian. Does she has right to work. Mahama just read history and communication and he does not know anything about the law. He don't even qualified to rule tha country that is why ghana is not developing. They lack human resources to manage the country. Bread and butter

Amoo 2 months ago

And Akufo Addo is a lawyer? Nonsense

And Akufo Addo is a lawyer? Nonsense
Oklemekuku 2 months ago

It's impossible, not may be impossible

It's impossible, not may be impossible
Asakramitoga 2 months ago

Mo one wants this Winneba moron back. She is just disgracing herselfore and more as she has no proper morals to be on.the bench again. She should go home to her Torkornoo to rest

Mo one wants this Winneba moron back. She is just disgracing herselfore and more as she has no proper morals to be on.the bench again. She should go home to her Torkornoo to rest
Nana TRUMU TRUMU Addo 2 months ago

FORGET ABOUT THIS USELESS WOMAN!. SHE THOUGHT AKUFFO ADDO AND FAMILY HAVE TAKEN OVER GHANA AND THAT NO ONE CAN DO FOKO

FORGET ABOUT THIS USELESS WOMAN!. SHE THOUGHT AKUFFO ADDO AND FAMILY HAVE TAKEN OVER GHANA AND THAT NO ONE CAN DO FOKO
Donatus 2 months ago

Please, for me, if a political party or parliament as a whole decides to reshuffle leadership, that is a different matter, your status as an MP is not affected. But if anyone parliament goes to steal etc and is a minister you ...
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Please, for me, if a political party or parliament as a whole decides to reshuffle leadership, that is a different matter, your status as an MP is not affected. But if anyone parliament goes to steal etc and is a minister you think he cannot lose both minister and MP? He should be in Nsawam.
Free Radicals 2 months ago

When you are born a fool no education can change the status quo being a fool.A professor who should know better has sold his thinking faculty to stupidity talking nonsense.if it is possible for corrupt imbecile John Dramani M ...
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When you are born a fool no education can change the status quo being a fool.A professor who should know better has sold his thinking faculty to stupidity talking nonsense.if it is possible for corrupt imbecile John Dramani Mahama so is possible for the Supreme Court judge.Even criminal Mahama has reinstated all the criminals on trial into lucrative and money making offences.
. 2 months ago

What a farce! These do called intellectuals are stupid. Is the Prof saying that if a vice Chancellor is dismissed fir wrongdoing he or she can revert to their former position of say lecturer in a faculty under the same univer ...
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What a farce! These do called intellectuals are stupid. Is the Prof saying that if a vice Chancellor is dismissed fir wrongdoing he or she can revert to their former position of say lecturer in a faculty under the same university. Can a dismissed IGP revert to Commissioner? SMH
SURVIVAL. 2 months ago

So this bofrot like face woman won't allow people to have peace of mind?

So this bofrot like face woman won't allow people to have peace of mind?
Osei Bonsu 2 months ago

There is no confusion with article 146. Torkunoo has been removed on stated misbehaviour, which is the same offence which any superior court judge found liable will be removed from office. This strenuous efforts to keep her o ...
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There is no confusion with article 146. Torkunoo has been removed on stated misbehaviour, which is the same offence which any superior court judge found liable will be removed from office. This strenuous efforts to keep her on the bench is a political move with hopes that the political party she is ope ly associated with will come back to power and re-elevate her to the chief Justice position. For once, there will be a supreme court rulings affirming her sacking in the coming months. Good riddance.
The wise one 2 months ago

Infant ; some pigs are in this country calling themselves professors, even the illiterate knowns very well that if you lose your position you lose everything in that organisation.

Infant ; some pigs are in this country calling themselves professors, even the illiterate knowns very well that if you lose your position you lose everything in that organisation.
Kofi Manu 2 months ago

I can now understand why so many respected intellectuals academics will support this former CJ case in High court. Because it sounds so good academically but in the real world with 'home sense', its flaw and silly and unpract ...
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I can now understand why so many respected intellectuals academics will support this former CJ case in High court. Because it sounds so good academically but in the real world with 'home sense', its flaw and silly and unpracticable. There are so many levels of descipline procedures and outcome and Misconduct is the badest , the highest form of the charges.If you are charged Misconduct and found guilty, it does not matter which level of admistritive position or ladder you are, you are sacked and can not work in that company or business again. For example, if a head master molested a student, is misconduct and therefore sacked. Can you really say the head master position which was administrative, can really come back to work as a teacher ?. Its not written anywhere that the Head master can not come back as a teacher but standard and Ethic and culture will say no. Not everything has to be written in the constitution, else we will need millions of pages.Think think home sense please.
Seth Danso 2 months ago

Why all these waste of time and energies on this matter! Have all these lawyers making the argument for the disgraced CJ make the same arguments for, says, the removed IGP, Dr George Akuffo Dampare who, before attainment of t ...
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Why all these waste of time and energies on this matter! Have all these lawyers making the argument for the disgraced CJ make the same arguments for, says, the removed IGP, Dr George Akuffo Dampare who, before attainment of the mandatory retirement age of 60, was removed? Are our legal luminaries trying hard "to create space for their businesses"? Much as it is quite impractical for the removed IGP Dr G. A. Dampare (not for stated misconduct nor behavior) to return to the National Police Headquarters as a COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, which he was before his appointment as IGP, I do not see any reason why the CJ can return to the Judicial Service a criminal
Bbk 2 months ago

There is no any confusion any where? You guys why can't you just speak the truth and stop all these manipulative ideas just because it is affecting an npp woman. She acted as a judge and also a lead of the judiciary hence if ...
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There is no any confusion any where? You guys why can't you just speak the truth and stop all these manipulative ideas just because it is affecting an npp woman. She acted as a judge and also a lead of the judiciary hence if she has been found guilty then she loses all period. Without the been a judge could she has become chief Justice? No so why are these fools trying to separate the two?
Dallas1 2 months ago

It's amazing how these NPP political insects always seem to lose their sense of reasoning when the law is applied against them. They, however, feel OK when the same is applied against their political opponents. In fact, I can ...
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It's amazing how these NPP political insects always seem to lose their sense of reasoning when the law is applied against them. They, however, feel OK when the same is applied against their political opponents. In fact, I can cite a litany of cases to back this assertion, but that will be a Dr discussion for another day.
Now, back to the subject matter of the former CJ's removal, and it is preposterous for any rational-thinking person to assume that the removal of the CJ does not affect her position as a Supreme Court Justice. I judge.

In the first place, was Madam Torkono appointed to the position of CJ in her capacity as a Supreme Court judge or was she appointed to that position as an individual? The truth of the matter is that the NPP and thier assigns are allergic to the rule of law, especially when it is against them. This explains why they threw away thier party constitution in the run-up to the 2024 general election just so they could remain maintain their majority status in parliament.For, they're exhibiting the same thing in the matter of the removal of the former CJ. This kind of behaviour smacks of dishonesty and unprincipleded character on the the part of the npp6.
Achakanapaya 2 months ago

She should stop wasting our time.
Tokornu is gone forever and ever Amen.
The Law is still the Law and the Law.
By the way eny idiot can go to court.
Next time when you get the chance, abuse it in the name of protecting yo ...
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She should stop wasting our time.
Tokornu is gone forever and ever Amen.
The Law is still the Law and the Law.
By the way eny idiot can go to court.
Next time when you get the chance, abuse it in the name of protecting your party the npp, and be fighting the Parliament and the Speaker. Naniama.
Accra is dirty.com 2 months ago

ArabaTorkonoo Araba Esaba is the one who ruined her own Judicial career,"Yen tena wiase nndi awudisem saa", I don't know what he found in Akufo Ado and NPP government and became too bias the way and manner she conducted herse ...
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ArabaTorkonoo Araba Esaba is the one who ruined her own Judicial career,"Yen tena wiase nndi awudisem saa", I don't know what he found in Akufo Ado and NPP government and became too bias the way and manner she conducted herself as the CHIEF JUSTICE ⚖ Her bias could be referred as a bad judicial referee she deserves what she got
Another Mosi lost 2 months ago

I wonder where you got your professorship from. If a person have been removed from highest position, common sense should tell you she's not fit for purpose. She was not demoted for crying out loud. Her offenses warrant sack, ...
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I wonder where you got your professorship from. If a person have been removed from highest position, common sense should tell you she's not fit for purpose. She was not demoted for crying out loud. Her offenses warrant sack, not only from the position, but also from the job. Professor gyimifou
Gbetia 2 months ago

Why this woman disturbing noisely unceasingly in tease as one sick of asphyxia? Calm her down with AKPLE KPLE FETRI DETSI else the colonial wig will accidental derail! Better her wipe the tears with that wig and throw for the ...
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Why this woman disturbing noisely unceasingly in tease as one sick of asphyxia? Calm her down with AKPLE KPLE FETRI DETSI else the colonial wig will accidental derail! Better her wipe the tears with that wig and throw for them God willing ex-gratia will smile OK? A word to the wise is at North
Good Pastor 2 months ago

You did not talk, when Rawlings and his NDC shot down Valco.they have caused the city of Tema to village.

You did not talk, when Rawlings and his NDC shot down Valco.they have caused the city of Tema to village.
Opi London6 2 months ago

Madam please go and rest la

Madam please go and rest la
Ken 2 months ago

At times, I really do not understand the logic of some of our experts, professors and other highly educated citizens.
Let us assume that the Chief Justice Torkornoo had resigned for one reason or the other. Are we going t ...
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At times, I really do not understand the logic of some of our experts, professors and other highly educated citizens.
Let us assume that the Chief Justice Torkornoo had resigned for one reason or the other. Are we going to be crying and insisting that she should still be be practicing as a Supreme Court Judge? With all the benefits accruing to her upon resigning?

As the Chief Justice, Madam Torkornoo was the head of the Judiciary. Why would she be dismissed summarily and asked to retain her position in the same organisation she was removed from? Even on resigning she would not maintain any position in the organisation how much more being dismissed.
It is high time our experts and Profs stop thinking crookedly to serve as a guide for the younger ones. Our experts and Profs, wanting to be politically correct, end up portraying themselves as miseducated literates in situations like this.
Mental charter 2 months ago

Her profession is justice and her position is cj.... there's difference

Her profession is justice and her position is cj.... there's difference
Mental charter 2 months ago

Kikikikiki...... Ghana

Kikikikiki...... Ghana
KofSam 2 months ago

Certain things are obvious and does not require any further explanation. If the chief justice is fired , how can she still be retained as a justice of the Supreme Court . She has not been demoted, she has been fired . This is ...
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Certain things are obvious and does not require any further explanation. If the chief justice is fired , how can she still be retained as a justice of the Supreme Court . She has not been demoted, she has been fired . This is common sense and does not need any legal explanation.
Zom 2 months ago

No Prof Atua

This case has been settled by the Supreme Court in other cases like Adjei Teum and Another case ,Tanko said she can’t be a Supreme Court justice
Art 246 is about superior court justices removal and and a S ...
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No Prof Atua

This case has been settled by the Supreme Court in other cases like Adjei Teum and Another case ,Tanko said she can’t be a Supreme Court justice
Art 246 is about superior court justices removal and and a Supreme Court judge is a superior court judge before chief justice
Matete 2 months ago

MADAM TORKONOO IS HISTORY. WHY BRING ABOUT REINSTATEMENT. PROF. THIS NATION IS MOVING FORWARD. FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO THINK ABOUT PLEASE. THE RESETTING IN ON. AND OUR MERCIFUL LORD WILL SEE THE PRESIDENT THROUGH. AMEN

MADAM TORKONOO IS HISTORY. WHY BRING ABOUT REINSTATEMENT. PROF. THIS NATION IS MOVING FORWARD. FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO THINK ABOUT PLEASE. THE RESETTING IN ON. AND OUR MERCIFUL LORD WILL SEE THE PRESIDENT THROUGH. AMEN
FINISHED AS A PUBLIC SERVANT - kwabs 2 months ago

Why should Ghanaians continue to waste their time on the sacked chief justice? She is a sacked public servant and sacked for misconduct whilst in office.No chance for her to hold any other public office.She is finished as a ...
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Why should Ghanaians continue to waste their time on the sacked chief justice? She is a sacked public servant and sacked for misconduct whilst in office.No chance for her to hold any other public office.She is finished as a public servant.
Willie 2 months ago

So if she's challenging her removal as a justice of the supreme Court,then it's wrong to go to the high court, in my opinion. The right place is the supreme Court and not the high court. I don't know why some people use the l ...
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So if she's challenging her removal as a justice of the supreme Court,then it's wrong to go to the high court, in my opinion. The right place is the supreme Court and not the high court. I don't know why some people use the law say things that aren't logic. How can someone be fired as an MD and then this same person comes back and asks to be assigned as district manager. It's like firing a head master and later putting him or her in a classroom. How would he or she feel working in this capacity, this is a demotion.
Okyere J. 2 months ago

The chief justice title is purely administrative job. How did one becomes a chief justice? It's by being a supreme court judge and once an adverse finding is identified with your work as a chief justice, it has bearing on you ...
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The chief justice title is purely administrative job. How did one becomes a chief justice? It's by being a supreme court judge and once an adverse finding is identified with your work as a chief justice, it has bearing on your duty as a supreme court judge, so basically what is been questioned about this woman is her conduct as a supreme court judge.
TRUST IN THE LORD 2 months ago

I see no flaws in article 146 as some legal luminaries are claiming. I am not a lawyer and don’t intend to be one though I can’t predict the future but common sense makes it clear that, she assumed the position by dint of ...
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I see no flaws in article 146 as some legal luminaries are claiming. I am not a lawyer and don’t intend to be one though I can’t predict the future but common sense makes it clear that, she assumed the position by dint of being a Supreme Court Justice. She wouldn’t have been appointed CJ if she hadn’t been a SCJ in the first place. Just like a teacher appointed headmaster wouldn’t have occupied the role without first being a teacher.
When such a headmaster is dismissed, it doesn’t pave way for him to return to the classroom to teach unless the person is demoted.
MADAM TORKORNU to me and those misinterpreting the constitutional provision seem to misconstrue the key word “REMOVAL,” to mean “DEMOTION” which is a clear mistake.
She became a CJ because she was a SCJ and being a CJ could be referred to as being elevated or appointed a step further from the previous position. When you’re removed from office it’s automatic removal from ever playing a role as a judge whatsoever.
There’s therefore no ambiguity whatsoever. Just like the IGP was changed and not made to assume back any other role in the service as a commissioner of Police because he had extra years to serve before retiring, so also the CJ can’t return to the bench. The difference however is that, the former IGP goes with his benefits as nothing was established against him except for the fact that the appointing authority deemed it necessary to change him unlike the former CJ whose position is cemented as the only cause of removal could be based on stated misconduct, incompetence, bias, etc and that could be done through constitutional process which had been fully explored
Analyst 2 months ago

There's no gap in Article 146 at all. Don't we have brains? A CJ is a superior court judge and when dismissed for a misbehaviour, that's is it – it is finished.
It appears some people don't understand the seriousness of a ...
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There's no gap in Article 146 at all. Don't we have brains? A CJ is a superior court judge and when dismissed for a misbehaviour, that's is it – it is finished.
It appears some people don't understand the seriousness of a misbehaviour. What is the point in sacking the CJ for a misbehaviour only for her to continue to be a superior court judge who can be appointed later as a CJ?
OSAFO KANTANKA 2 months ago

What kind of a Team captain would fight to Sit on the benches as a substitute player? Come on !! Madam !! Don’t Humiliate yourself to this Level.n

What kind of a Team captain would fight to Sit on the benches as a substitute player? Come on !! Madam !! Don’t Humiliate yourself to this Level.n
Cosmos 2 months ago

All just noise. She should have known better, with a real sense of justice! The position of CJ & JSC are conjoined. Loosing one position implies losing the other. If one is removed as JSC, there's no way one can be appointed ...
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All just noise. She should have known better, with a real sense of justice! The position of CJ & JSC are conjoined. Loosing one position implies losing the other. If one is removed as JSC, there's no way one can be appointed as CJ thereafter. A petition to remove a CJ from being JSC cannot succeed because CJ will be judge against him-/herself. So petioners could not have used that route, but it is implied. Do we want to waste resources to duplicate the exact same process of doubly humiliating someone?

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