Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has sued the Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, at the Supreme Court over the decision to allow selected High Court judges to hear some criminal cases during the legal vacation.
The legal vacation runs from August 1 to September 30, 2026.
Mr Oppong Nkrumah, who filed the case on Friday, August 14, 2026, is challenging what he describes as “selective justice” in the hearing of criminal cases during the period.
The Chief Justice is the first defendant in the case, while the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dominic Ayine, is the second defendant.
The MP is asking the Supreme Court to declare the administrative warrants issued by the Chief Justice unconstitutional and, therefore, null and void.
He argues that the decision gives priority to selected criminal cases while other pending criminal cases are left out.
According to Mr Oppong Nkrumah, this creates unfair treatment among people whose cases are before the courts.
He said the issue was not about questioning the Chief Justice’s constitutional role in managing the Judiciary or regulating court sittings.
Rather, he argued that the powers of the Chief Justice must be exercised in line with the 1992 Constitution.
Mr Oppong Nkrumah said all public officials, including the Chief Justice, must exercise their powers fairly, reasonably and transparently.
He further argued that selecting only some criminal cases for hearing during the legal vacation could amount to unfair classification of cases and the people involved.
The MP is therefore asking the Supreme Court to determine whether the Chief Justice acted within the Constitution when he issued the warrants for selected High Court judges to hear criminal cases between August 1 and September 30, 2026.
He is also seeking a declaration that the arrangement amounts to selective justice and violates the constitutional principle of equality before the law.
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