The Supreme Court has fixed Tuesday, February 16, 2021, to deliver it's ruling on Mr John Dramani Mahama's motion for leave to re-open his case in the ongoing Election Petition Trial. The Petitioner, Mr Mahama, is also praying the Court for leave to subpoena the first Respondent, the Electoral Commission, headed by Mrs Jean A Mensa, to be...
The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision upheld the application by the 1st and 2nd Respondents not to call any witnesses in the ongoing election petition hearing. The decision by the apex court follows oral arguments made by the lawyers for the Electoral Commission and President Akufo-Addo that their clients cannot be compelled to testify. Citing Order...
Lawyers for 2020 NDC Presidential Candidate John Dramani Mahama have filed fresh documents attacking the Supreme Court’s ruling on his interrogatories for the Electoral Commission. They argue that the court’s ruling was characterized by a lack of due regard to the law or facts relating to the election petition. The legal team had earlier in a formal application...
The 2020 presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama is asking the Supreme Court to put all proceedings relating to the Election Petition on hold. The former president is at the Apex court challenging the 2020 election results. The court on Wednesday ordered that Mr Mahama’s team files it’s witness statements by close of day...
Documents filed by lawyers for 2020 NDC Presidential Candidate John Dramani Mahama describes a recent ruling of the Supreme Court as riddled with fundamental errors of law that has resulted in grave injustice. Mr. Mahama who lost Ghana’s 2020 elections to Nana Akufo-Addo has filed an election petition at the Supreme Court seeking to have the results annulled....
The Supreme Court, has dismissed a motion by former President John Dramani Mahama, seeking permission to elicit answers to some 12 interrogatories from the Electoral Commission. The ruling is said to be a departure from a precedent set by the same Court, when it heard the 2013 election petition filed by then candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia...
Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata Lawyer for former President John Dramani Mahama in the ongoing election petition case at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, challenged the timelines announced by the Supreme Court for the hearing of the petition, suggesting that the court seems to be rushing the case. The Supreme Court has set out five issues for...
John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress is being trolled on social media following supposed errors committed by his lawyers in the amendments they made to their initial petition which was filed at the Supreme Court on December 30, 2020. A request by the team to rectify the errors was granted by the Supreme...
The Campaign Manager of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the part is ready to meet the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in court as it files its election 2020 petition on Wednesday. Peter Mac Manu said the NPP is ready to battle out all electoral differences with the opposition party in court with all their legitimate evidence...
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will start its legal challenge of the results of the December 7, election on Wednesday, December 30. The date is the last day of the mandated 21-days given under electoral laws for any aggrieved party in the election to file a legal challenge of the process. A member of the opposition...
