General News of Thursday, 22 June 2017

Source: 3news.com

CJ-led panel shoots down findings of Sole Commissioner on Woyome, et al.

Alfred Agbesi Woyome Alfred Agbesi Woyome

A seven Member Supreme Court panel presided over by the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo has shot down findings of the Sole Commissioner, Justice Yaw Apaw, now a Supreme Court judge himself.

The court declared as unconstitutional, some conclusions the Sole Commissioner reached when he considered the cases involving businessma Alfred Agbesi Woyome vrs. the Attorney General, and Sky Consult vrs. Ghana Post.

The Supreme Court says the recommendations of the Sole Judgement debt Commissioner sort to give interpretation to a decision of a court and that amounted to a breach of Article 125 and 127 of the 1992 constitution which does not permit the decision of a court to be derogated upon or varied by any other body in Ghana except the court itself.

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