Supreme Court of Ghana

Supreme Court of Ghana an kɔɔt kanɛ gat kɔɔtʋnam banɛ bɛ Ghana wʋsa.https://archive.is/20130112080043/http://www.acclawyers.org/resources/ghana/ Ghana yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ ayi wada gbanʋŋ la (Ghana's 1992 constitution) tis suor nɛ paŋ ye Judiciary sʋ’oe di mɛŋ ka zi’e di kɔn’ nɛ Legislative nɛ Executive gɔmena lʋga la.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Ghana#cite_note-Art125-2 

 Labakʋda (Din pin’il si’em) 
Supreme Court da pin’ilnɛ dɔlisid Supreme Court Ordinance (1876) ye di an kɔɔtʋ kanɛ gat kɔɔtʋ wʋsa Gold Coast (dinɛ yʋ’ʋn an Ghana) sankanɛ ka Ghana da nam pʋ sʋ'oe o mɛŋa.https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5818.2014.12045.x Dinɛ gɔsid kɔɔtʋ banɛ bɛ Ghana wʋsa. Di ɔfis tita’ar (Headquarters) bɛnɛ Accra. Appeals banɛ yi Supreme Court of the Gold Coast da kennɛ West African Court of Appeal (WACA) dinɛ da pin’il yʋʋm tusir, kɔbisnii nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ yuobʋ la ni (1866). Ghana da fuoe o mɛŋi yi WACA ban da paami asʋ’o-m-mɛŋ la nya’aŋka kʋ’ʋg Appeals kanɛ da ken Judicial Committee of the Privy Council London la yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ la ni (1960). Military coup d'état kanɛ da naam yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ yuobʋ nwadisa ayi dabpisi nɛ anaasi daar la (February 24, 1966), nya’aŋ ka National Liberation Council (NLC), dɔlisid kɔɔtʋ wada, yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ ayuobʋ la ni (1966) (NLCD.84) ye ba yis Supreme Court ka yʋ’ʋn nɔk paŋi niŋ kɔɔtʋnam ayi ni: Superior Court of Judicature nɛ inferior courts. yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ  awai wada gbaʋŋ la Article 102(4) da lɛbig nɛ’ɛŋa ka maal second republic. Coup kanɛ da naam yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ ayi yʋʋmpaal nwadig dabpiinɛ atan la ni (January 13, 1972), National Redemption Council da lɛn yis Supreme Court ka ye 1969 constitution pʋ lɛn tʋm ya’asa dinzug kɔɔtʋ pʋ lɛm mɔr tʋʋma ya’asi na lɛbigi dii. Ba da tiaki nɔki di tʋʋma la tis Court of Appeal. Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ paisYʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ awai wada gbaʋŋ la (1979 constitution) third republic da pin’il yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ awai nwadisa awai dabpisi nɛ anaasi daar la (September 24, 1979). Supreme Court da kpɛlimi di zi’esimin yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswnii nɛ yinne nwadis piinɛ ayi la dabpistan’ nɛ yinne (December 31, 1981) coup kanɛ ka Provisional National Defence Council, baa ban da tiak kɔɔtʋ la ka mɔr public tribunals na la. 

Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ atan’ nwadisa ayɔpɔi la daba ayi daar (July 2, 2013), Supreme Court da kpɛn’ɛs editor-in-chief tis Daily Searchlight newspaper, Ken Kuranchie, sanrega dabpiiga (10 days) on da buol Piyamnama awai la ye ba anɛ zam dim nɛ barigaŋ dim la.https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/politics/politics/201307/167860.php Parliament of Ghana da yis wada zaŋi keŋ wee kuob teŋin la yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi nɛ ayi la (2022), Apex Court da yis wada kad cannabis kuob yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi nɛ atan nwadisa anu la ni (May 2023) dɔlisid vɔɔtkanɛ ka ba da maal ka paam 5-4 la.https://www.mmjdaily.com/article/9533166/ghana-supreme-court-strikes-out-cannabis-cultivation-bill/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Supreme-Court-erred-in-its-decision-to-cancel-wee-law-NPP-MP-1802027 

 Zi’esim nananna 
Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ ayi wada gbaʋŋ la (1992 constitution) pa’al ye Supreme Court mɔrnɛ Chief Justice of Ghana nɛ piyamnam banɛ ka ba kanl gaadi awai paasi an Piyamnami tis Supreme Court.http://www.ghanareview.com/parlia/Gconst11.html Dinɛ an kɔɔtʋ kanɛ mɔr kpi’eŋʋ gaad kɔɔtʋ wʋsa ka lɛn gɔsid ka pa’ani wada gbaʋŋ la gbinni an si’em. Ghana Zuraani nwɛ’ɛd Council of State suora ka gaŋid Chief Justice ka Parliament siakid ka basid suor ka ba tʋmmid.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Ghana#cite_note-8 Supreme Court Piyambanɛ kpɛlim Zuraani ɛɛnti nwɛ’ Judicial Council suora nɛ Council of State ka gaansi ba. Asɛɛ ka Parliament tisi ba suor ka ba naan tʋm.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Ghana#cite_note-9 Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ ayi wada gbaʋŋ la (1992 Constitution) da kpiis public tribunals banɛ ka ba da maal PNDC saŋa la ka maal Regional Tribunal ka ba kʋkdaan zi’esim nwɛnɛ High Court Piyamnam.https://web.archive.org/web/20071006085846/http://www.judicial.gov.gh/history/after_indp/page_3.htm Piyamnam bi’ela ka ba ɛɛnti gaansi kpɛn’ɛs Supreme Court. Nidib ɛɛnti mɔɔd ye ba bɔ kanli tis piayamnam la amaa piyam sieba zan’asi di dɔlisid 1992 constitution la bɔɔd si’em.https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/don-t-cap-supreme-court-judges-chief-justice-spohia-akuffo-proposes.html Court of Appeal, dinɛ mɔr chief justice nɛ piyamnam nwɛnɛ anu la, kɛlisid ka pa’an nimbaanlzɔɔr nɛ saria kadib kanɛ ka kɔɔtʋ si’a maal, High Court of Justice order.https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/republic/supreme_court.php High Court of Justice, dinɛ mɔr chief justice ka mɔr piyamnam nwɛnɛ piinɛ ayi la gɔsid yɛla wʋsa nidib bɛllim nɛ bibi’elim.

Onɛ an Chief Justice tis Supreme Court of Ghana nananna anɛ Her ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.

 Supreme Court Piyamnam 
Supreme Court piyamnami dɔl gbinin nwa.http://www.judicial.gov.gh/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=35http://www.ghanadistricts.com/home/?_=42&sa=3640&ssa=260&PHPSESSID=4bd2cccf47f78c4d1705988ea58acd87  Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ anii nwadisa ayɔpɔi la ni (July 2018), Zuraan Nana Akufo-Addo da gaŋ Piyamnama anaasi paas Supreme Court. Ba anɛ Samuel K. Marful-Sau nɛ Agnes M.A Dordzie, ba wʋsa anɛ Appeal Court piyamnam, Nii Ashie Kotey, Dean of the Faculty of Law kʋdʋg tis University of Ghana nɛ Nene A. O. Amegatcher, onɛ an lɔya tʋmmi asʋ’o-m-mɛŋ ni ka da an Ghana Bar Association Zuraan kʋdʋg.https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-appoints-4-new-Supreme-Court-Justices-665443 Onɛ an piyamkanɛ kʋdʋg hali bɛ Court, William Atuguba da naae o tʋʋma yʋʋmkan ni. Jerry Rawlings da gaŋ o yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ anu nwadis piinɛ yinne la ni (November 1995)http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Atuguba-was-an-NPP-parliamentary-candidate-in-1992-Gabby-reveals-285043http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=3912 kpɛn’ɛs Supreme Court ban da gaŋi o yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ anii nwadisa ayɔpɔi la ni (July 2018).https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Justice-William-Atuguba-retires-after-44-years-as-a-judge-665478 Onɛ da an pʋ’akanɛ an nya’aŋ Chief Justice la da anɛ Sophia Akuffo. Onɛ da an onɛ Supreme Court Piyam ka Jerry Rawlings yuolim gaŋ ka o tʋʋma naae. O tʋʋma da naaenɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ awai nwadis piinɛ ayi la dabpisi daar (20 December 2019) ka Kwasi Anin-Yeboah da di’e o zi’esim yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi yʋʋmpaal nwadig da daba ayɔpɔi la daar (7 January 2020). Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ awai la nwadis piinɛ ayi la (December 2019), la ni Zuraaan Akufo-Addo gaŋ Piyam paala atan paas Supreme Court. Ba da anɛ Mariama Owusu, Avril Lovelace-Johnson, nɛ Gertrude Tokornoo.https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-swears-in-46-judges-818155 Ba da nyɔdignɛ Vida Akoto-Bamfo, Sophia Adinyira, nɛ Sophia Akuffo banɛ tʋʋma da naae ba saŋa paae la zug.https://web.archive.org/web/20191116195644/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Nana-Addo-nominates-three-new-judges-to-Supreme-Court-798617

Supreme Court of Ghana  Piyamnamhttps://www.judicial.gov.gh/index.php/supreme-court-judgesPiyamGaŋir dabisirO tʋʋma yuugir bɛnOnɛ gaŋ oGertrude Torkornoo

(Chief Justice)17 December 20193 years, 8 monthsNana  Akufo-AddoPaul Baffoe-Bonnie11 June 2008http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=14518415 years, 3 monthsJohn KufuorGabriel  Pwamang29 June 2015http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Mahama-swears-in-two-Supreme-Court-Judges-3653318 years, 2 monthsJohn  MahamaMariama  Owusu17 December 20195 years, 2 monthsNana Akufo-AddoAvril  Lovelace-Johnson17 December 20193 years, 8 monthsNana Akufo-AddoIssifu Omoro Tanko Amadu22 May 2020https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Amadu-Tanko-sworn-in-as-first-Muslim-Supreme-Court-Justice-959911https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/president-swears-in-2-justices-of-supreme-court.html3 years, 3 monthsNana Akufo-AddoHenrietta Mensa-Bonsu26 May 2020https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/I-ll-serve-Ghana-New-SC-judge-Mensah-Bonsu-9625213 years, 3 monthsNana Akufo-AddoYonny  Kulendi26 May 20203 years, 3 monthsNana Akufo-AddoBarbara Ackah-Yensu28 December 2022https://www.businessghana.com/8 monthsNana Akufo-AddoSamuel Adibu Asiedu28 December 20228 monthsNana Akufo-AddoGeorge Kingsley Koomson5 April 20235 monthsNana Akufo-AddoErnest  Gaewu5 April 20235 monthsNana Akufo-Addo

 Supreme Court Chief Justice nam 
Din pin’il yʋʋm tusir, kɔbisnii nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ yuobʋ (1876) la ni, Supreme Court mɔrnɛ Chief Justice nam pisi nɛ ayɔpɔi (27 Chief Justices)https://web.archive.org/web/20080622122515/http://www.judicial.gov.gh/history/list%20of%20judicial%20officials/list%20of%20CJ.htm 
List of chief justices of the Gold Coast and  GhanaChief JusticeSaŋaPeriodSir David Patrick Chalmers1876–1878Gold CoastP. A.  Smith1878–1879Gold CoastSir James Marshall1880–1882Gold CoastN. Lessingham Bailey1882–1886Gold CoastH. W.  Macleod1886–1889Gold CoastJoseph Turner Hutchinsonhttps://books.google.com/books?id=6F83BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6111889 - 1894Gold CoastFrancis Smith (acting)1894 - 1895Gold CoastSir William Brandford Griffith1895–1911Gold CoastPhilip  Crampton Smyly1911–1928Gold CoastSir George Campbell Deane1929–1935Gold CoastSir Philip Bertie Petrides1936–1943Gold CoastSir Walter  Harrangin1943–1947Gold CoastSir Mark Wilson1948–1956Gold CoastSir Kobina Arku Korsah1956–1963Gold Coast (1956 – 6 Mar 1957)

Ghana – 1st Republic (6 Mar 1957 – 1963)J.  Sarkodee-Addo1964–19661st RepublicEdward Akufo-Addo1966–1970military rulehttps://web.archive.org/web/20071006085839/http://www.judicial.gov.gh/history/after_indp/home.htm (1966–1969)

2nd Republic (1969–1970)Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman1970 -19722nd Republichttps://web.archive.org/web/20071006085810/http://www.judicial.gov.gh/history/after_indp/page_2.htmSamuel Azu Crabbe1973–1977military rulehttps://web.archive.org/web/20070213072210/http://www.judicial.gov.gh/history/summary/home.htmFred Kwasi Apaloo1977–1986military rule (1977–1979)

3rd Republic (24 Sep 1979-31 Dec  1981)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Ghana#cite_note-33

 military rule (31 Dec 1981–1986)E. N. P.  Sowah1986–1990military ruleNicholas Yaw Boafo Adade (acting)1990–1991military rulePhilip Edward Archer1991–1995military rule (1991–1993)

4th Republic (1993–1995)Isaac Kobina Abban1995 – 21 April 20014th RepublicEdward Kwame Wiredu2001–20034th RepublicGeorge Kingsley Acquah4 July 2003 – 25 March 20074th RepublicGeorgina Theodora Woodhttp://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=12566215 June 2007 – 8 June  20174th RepublicSophia  Akuffo19 June 2017 – 20 December 20194th RepublicKwasi Anin-Yeboah7 January 2020https://web.archive.org/web/20191224105655/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Parliament-okays-Justice-Anin-Yeboah-as-Chief-Justice-822625 – 24 May 20234th RepublicGertrude Torkornoo6 June 2023 –4th Republic

 Martyrs of the Rule of Law 
Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnii nɛ ayi nwadisa ayuobʋ la dabpistan daar (30 June 1982), din da an curfew saŋa la, High Court Judges titada atan nɛ Army Officer, ka ba yʋda an: Mr. Justice Frederick Poku Sarkodee, Mrs. Justice Cecilia Afran Koranteng-Addow, Mr. Justice Kwadwo Agyei Agyepong nɛ Major (Rtd) Sam Acquah ka ba da gban’e b aba yaan ka kʋʋ ba Bundase Military Range bɛ Accra Plains la.https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=220215https://www.adomonline.com/today-in-history-personalities-behind-three-statues-in-front-of-ghanas-supreme-court/ Ba da nɔki ba niŋgbina niŋ gasoline ni ka nyʋ’oe ba nɛ bugum. Wina’am da sʋŋ ka saa kena kpiis bugum la ka ba niŋgbina pʋ kanbɛ.

Piyam bama da pɛsigi ba vʋm tʋm Rule of Law nɛ fair administration of justice.

Ghanaian judicial system zu’odi ba yʋʋm wʋsa Martyrs Day, daakanɛ tiendi b akum la yɛla.

 Daamʋg 
Zuraan kʋdʋg John Dramani Mahama da zɛrig Registrar of the Supreme Court yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi nɛ ayi nwadisa awai la ni (September 2022) nɛ ban pʋ gban’e dabisir ye ba wʋm antua kanɛ ka ba bɔɔd ye ba kɛ ka Electoral Commission gu’oe tʋʋmkanɛ ka ba tʋm la (interlocutory injunction).https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/mahama-criticises-supreme-court-over-failure-to-set-hearing-date.htmlhttps://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/mahamas-criticism-of-the-judiciary-is-setting-a-dangerous-precedent-gary-nimako/591ny9s

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