{"id":6791,"date":"2024-07-06T10:13:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T10:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6791"},"modified":"2024-07-06T10:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T10:13:41","slug":"create-specialised-courts-if-the-supreme-court-is-overwhelmed-with-cases-ohene-ntow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6791","title":{"rendered":"Create specialised courts if the Supreme Court is overwhelmed with cases \u2013 Ohene Ntow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nana Ohene Ntow, a special advisor to independent presidential aspirant Alan Kyerematen, has suggested to the Chief Justice to set up specialized courts to handle specific cases without those cases necessarily traveling all the way to the Supreme Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was his view that the creation of specialized courts would ease the burden placed on the Supreme Court for which more justices would be required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contributing to a discussion on the letter by the Supreme Court\u2019s Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Araba Esaba Torkonoo to President Akufo-Addo requesting for the addition of five more Judges, Nana Ohene Ntow said on TV3\u2019s Key Point Saturday, July 6 that \u201cWhy should all land cases end up at the Supreme Court, why should all business cases end up at the Supreme Court, why should all matrimonial cases end up in the system? Why don\u2019t you create a specialized court who have finite authority?..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-79305248a9722bc4de3e123262568f21 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ftk6DbgeMNo?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery land case has the potential to travel to the Supreme Court, every matrimonial case has the potential to travel to the Supreme Court, every business case has the potential to travel to the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkonoo has justified her recommendation to President Akufo-Addo to consider five judges for the Supreme Court. She said the Supreme Court needs more judges to handle the overwhelming number of cases currently before it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are several cases pending and that is why we need more Supreme Court judges,\u201d she said while explaining the reason for the adjournment of the ruling on the lawsuits filed by Researcher Amanda Odoi and Broadcast Journalist Richard Dela Sky regarding the anti-LGBT bill, Madam Torkonoo emphasized the need for more Supreme Court judges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nana Ohene Ntow, a special advisor to independent presidential aspirant Alan Kyerematen, has suggested to the Chief Justice to set up specialized courts to handle specific cases without those cases necessarily traveling all the way to the Supreme Court. 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