Suspended Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has filed a legal challenge at the Supreme Court seeking to overturn her suspension by President John Dramani Mahama.

The suit, filed on May 21, 2025, contends that the process leading to her removal was unconstitutional and violated her fundamental rights to due process and a fair hearing.

In her suit, Justice Torkornoo is requesting multiple declarations and reliefs from the apex court, including an order to nullify the President’s suspension directive and disband the committee currently investigating her.

One of the central claims in the suit is that she was denied a public hearing before a committee appointed by the President to investigate the petitions for her removal, contrary to provisions in Ghana’s 1992 Constitution.

She insists that the prima facie case purportedly established against her was not based on a lawful or judicious process.

Justice Torkornoo maintains that the President’s actions constitute a breach of judicial independence and an attempt to unjustifiably remove the head of the Judiciary.

The suit includes 16 specific reliefs, among them:

A declaration that the Chief Justice is entitled to a public hearing in proceedings involving her removal;

A ruling that the prima facie determination made against her was arbitrary, unconstitutional, and without merit;

A call for the removal of certain committee members on grounds of bias or conflict of interest, including Justices Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu, who she claims are not qualified to sit on the investigative body due to prior involvement in related judicial proceedings;

An order to set aside the presidential warrant for her suspension;

An injunction restraining the committee from proceeding with the inquiry.

Justice Torkornoo is also challenging the eligibility of other committee members, citing constitutional and statutory violations under the Oaths Act and principles of administrative justice.

This latest legal move follows her earlier filing of an interlocutory injunction seeking to halt the ongoing investigation into three separate petitions demanding her removal from office.

The Supreme Court is yet to fix a date for hearing the case, which has drawn national attention due to its implications for judicial independence, constitutional governance, and the separation of powers.