The Supreme Court has dismissed an injunction application that was seeking to halt the suspension of the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, by President John Dramani Mahama.
In a 3-2 majority decision, a five-member panel of the court presided over by the acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, dismissed the application filed by Vincent Ekow Assafuah, a legislator.
Justices Baffoe-Bonnie, Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi and Tanko Amadu were on the majority, while Justices Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu and Ernest Gaewu dissented.
The court did not give full reasoning behind the decision which it said will be ready by May 21.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court overruled an objection which was seeking the recusal of the acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, from the panel hearing an injunction against the suspension of the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo.
In a unanimous decision, the five-member panel of the court held that the objection had no merit.
The objection was raised by a former A-G, Godfred Yeboah Dame, lawyer for the applicant, who argued that Justice Baffoe -Bonnie had a personal interest in the application for injunction as it could affect his status as Acting Chief Justice.
However, the court held that the position of Acting Chief Justice was created under Article 144 (6) of the Constitution and whoever occupied it could not be said to have a personal interest.
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