Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mariama Owusu, retired from the bench on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, after over 34 years of distinguished service.

A ceremony held at the Supreme Court to mark her retirement featured Justice Owusu's 'last bow' as she departed from the bench.

A video shared by The Law Platform captured her singing and joyfully dancing to a Christian hymn performed by a choir at the event.

Chief Justice Gertrude and the other justices of the court joined in, singing along and applauding Justice Owusu.

At the end of the ceremony, Justice Owusu remained seated as her fellow justices stood, turned towards her, and bowed in a gesture of homage.

Justice Mariama Owusu was appointed to the Supreme Court in December 2019 following her nomination by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

She served as part of the seven-member panel that adjudicated the 2020 election petition brought by former President John Dramani Mahama against the Electoral Commission of Ghana and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Additionally, Justice Owusu was one of five justices who ruled in favour of the application challenging Speaker Alban Bagbin's declaration of four vacant seats in Parliament, overturning the Speaker's decision.

Read a profile of Justice Owusu by thelawplatform.com:

The learned Justice of the Apex Court, Her Ladyship Mariama Owusu J.S.C., known for her calm, collected, and measured character in speech and temperance, retires from the bench today, November 13, 2024.

Justice Owusu began her journey on the bench in 1990 and was appointed to the Supreme Court Bench after her successful vetting in the year 2019 together with her sisters, Lovelace-Johnson J.S.C and Torkornoo J.S.C, now Chief Justice of the Republic.

Justice Mariama Owusu comes from Beposo in the Ashanti Region and had her secondary education at T.I. Ahmadiyya Secondary School, Kumasi (T.I. Amass).

She was called to the Bar in 1981. Justice Owusu cut her teeth in the practice of the law as a private practitioner with Totoe Legal Services, a firm which in recent times was managed by Justice Mariam Gyasi Jawhary who this year was appointed to the Court of Appeal Bench.

In 1990, Justice Owusu joined the bench as a district magistrate and was later appointed a circuit court judge in 1992. She was elevated as a justice of the High Court in 2000.

In 2003, she was appointed as the supervising High Court judge for Sunyani until 2005. A year after, in 2006, she was appointed a Justice of the Court of Appeal, and in 2019, she was appointed to the Supreme Court.

She has been an active member of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ), serving as President of the Ghana chapter from 2014 to 2018.

Justice Mariama Owusu also served as a member of the Ethics Committee of the Judicial Service, and as a member of the Performing Assets Committee, Judicial Service, from 2010 to 2014.

Watch the video of the event below:

WATCH: The Last Bow of Her Ladyship Justice Mariama Owusu pic.twitter.com/0kYkNe1Oco

— The Law Platform (@DeLaw_Platform) November 13, 2024