Supreme Court to rule Friday on challenge to Chief Justice’s legal vacation directives

The Supreme Court has adjourned to Friday, August 21, to rule on a suit challenging the constitutionality of administrative warrants issued by Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie directing selected High Court judges to sit during the legal vacation. The suit, filed by former Education Minister and Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, challenges the decision to continue hearing selected criminal cases during the vacation.