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Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is the highest Court in the administration of justice in Ghana.

The Court is presided over by the Chief Justice and in his absence the most senior of the Justices of the Supreme Court, as constituted shall preside. Judges who sit in the Supreme Court are referred to as Justices of the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice and not less than nine Justices. It has exclusive original jurisdiction in all matters relating to the enforcement or interpretation of the 1992 Constitution. It also has supervisory jurisdiction over all the Courts in Ghana. It is located only at the Headquarters in Accra.

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Judicial service of Ghana, P.O Box GP 119, Accra, Law court complex Accra, Tel: (+233) 0302-663951, 663954, 666671, Tel: (+233) 0302-748100, 748101, 748102
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June 2025
Adjei v Mckorley (J4/01/2024) [2025] GHASC 40 (25 June 2025)
Unstamped foreign power of attorney inadmissible; forensic evidence and plaintiff’s possession supported title; appeal dismissed.
Land law – title and possession – admissibility of foreign power of attorney – stamping requirement – notary acting as witness and notary; Evidence – expert/forensic evidence on forgery; burden of proof in competing title claims; procedural participation and waiver.
 25 June 2025
Republic v High Court and Another (J5/40/2024) [2025] GHASC 43 (25 June 2025)
Interlocutory/default judgment granting declaratory and substantive reliefs without evidence is jurisdictionally void and is quashed.
Civil procedure – interlocutory/default judgment – Declaratory reliefs, damages and perpetual injunctions not amenable to summary disposal – Order 13 Rule 6 C.I.47 – Jurisdictional nullity where substantive reliefs granted without evidence.
 25 June 2025
Asante v S (J8A/09/2025) [2025] GHASC 41 (12 June 2025)
Application to adduce fresh evidence on appeal refused for lack of due diligence; evidence was available at trial.
New evidence on appeal — Rule 76 Supreme Court Rules — Requirements: unavailable at trial, relevance, credibility, due diligence — Evidence held available at trial; proposed witness available — Application refused.
 12 June 2025
Boadi and Another and Another v Addo (J4/52/2020) [2025] GHASC 42 (11 June 2025)
Customary arbitral panels lack jurisdiction to apply PNDC Law 111 to redistribute pre-1985 vested family estates.
Customary arbitration; jurisdictional competence of chiefs; intestate succession pre-1985 vested estates in family; PNDC Law 111 cannot be applied by customary arbitrators to redistribute pre-1985 vested family property; admissibility of evidence; arbitrability limits.
 11 June 2025
Republic v High Court 3, Koforidua (J5/37/2025) [2025] GHASC 44 (11 June 2025)
Whether an election petition was timely and whether substituted service on a sworn MP complied with Articles 117–118.
Electoral law – Gazettement of results – Representation of the People Law s.18 (21-day period); Civil procedure – ex parte interlocutory injunctions in electoral disputes; Service of process – substituted service and Parliamentary immunity (Articles 117–118 Constitution); Contempt – validity of committal where service on MP is defective; Supervisory jurisdiction – certiorari/prohibition to quash conviction and restrain sentencing.
 11 June 2025