The Supreme Court has unanimously rejected the remaining legal challenges against the removal of former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, effectively bringing all domestic court proceedings over her dismissal to a close.

In a ruling delivered on Thursday, July 2, 2026, a seven-member panel chaired by Amadu Tanko held that the consolidated suits lacked merit and dismissed them in their entirety.

The decision brings finality to months of legal disputes that followed Justice Torkornoo’s suspension and eventual removal from office in September 2025.

The cases originated from four separate lawsuits filed after a prima facie case was established on petitions seeking her removal. The plaintiffs included Vincent Assafuah, private citizen Theodore Atta Quartey, Justice Torkornoo herself, and the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems. The Supreme Court later merged the actions into two consolidated cases for hearing.

Justice Torkornoo was removed from office after a five-member committee of inquiry, chaired by Gabriel Pwamang, recommended her dismissal under Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution.

The committee concluded that she had engaged in stated misbehaviour, citing the alleged misuse of public funds through travel-related expenditures and payments involving family members, as well as breaches of constitutional procedures governing judicial administration.

Her dismissal marked a historic moment, making her the first sitting Chief Justice to be removed through the constitutional process since the start of Ghana’s Fourth Republic.

The Supreme Court’s decision follows a similar ruling by the ECOWAS Court of Justice on June 24, 2026, which dismissed all claims brought by the former Chief Justice against the Republic of Ghana after finding no evidence that her rights had been violated.

With the latest judgment, all legal challenges within Ghana relating to Justice Torkornoo’s removal have now been concluded.