Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo has announced that the Rules of Court are currently being amended to introduce specific timelines for parliamentary election petitions.
This move comes after it was observed during previous election cycles that the lack of a dedicated timeframe for resolving parliamentary disputes, coupled with the reliance on regular procedural court rules, resulted in significant abuse of the adjudicatory process.
The amendment aims to address these issues by introducing measures such as expedited hearings and the electronic service of court processes., the Chief Justice noted.
Speaking at the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) conference in Kumasi on September 9, she said “The Rules of Court Committee has worked on amendment of the High Court Civil Procedure Rules C.I 47, 2004 to introduce dedicated rules on the resolution of parliamentary elections,” she said.
Furthermore, the Chief Justice expressed her hope that there would be no need for a presidential election petition after the 2024 elections.
She also revealed that, there are ongoing efforts to amend the Supreme Court Rules (C.I. 16) to improve the timeframe for hearing presidential election petitions.
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