Customer Support

KWAME BAFFOE @ ABRONYE
V.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL

(2024) JELR 111806 (SC)

Supreme Court 24 Apr 2024 Ghana
BriefBot icon

BriefBot Summary

Free

- The case involves a challenge to the approval by Parliament of salary payments to the spouses of the President and Vice President of Ghana. - The plaintiff argues that the approval is inconsistent with Article 71 of the 1992 Constitution,

Case Details

Suit Number:WRIT NO. J1/12/2021
Judges:SACKEY TORKORNOO (MRS.) CJ (PRESIDING) PWAMANG JSC LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC ACKAH-YENSU (MRS.) JSC ASIEDU JSC GAEWU JSC
Counsel:NANA OBIRI BOAHEN ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF WITH HIM, ESINAM KPORKU. DIANA ASONABA DAPAAH (DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL) FOR THE DEFENDANT WITH HER, REGINALD NII ODOI (ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY).

JUDGEMENT

SACKEY TORKORNOO (CJ):

Introduction

Article 71 of the 1992 Constitution provides for the manner in which the emoluments of a specified group of public office holders shall be determined. It reads:

Determination of Certain Emoluments

71 (1) The salaries and allowances payable, and the facilities and privileges available, to—

(a) the Speaker and Deputy Speakers and members of Parliament;

(b)  the Chief Justice and the other Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature;

(c) the Auditor-General, the Chairman and Deputy Chairmen of the Electoral Commission, the Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice and his Deputies and the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator;

(d) the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and the other members of—

(i)  a National Council for Higher Education howsoever described;

(ii) the Public Services Commission;

(iii) the National Media Commission;

(iv) the Lands Commission; and

(v) the National Commission for Civic Education;

being expenditure charged on the C…

There's more. Sign in to continue reading.

judy.legal is the comprehensive database of case law and legislation from Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. Gain seamless access to over 77,000 cases, recent judgments, statutes, and rules of court.