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Capacity to bring an action for interpretation
Circumstances under which statutory instruments are required to conform with Article 11(7) of the 1992 Constitution
Effect of Article 134 of the 1992 Constitution
How the 1992 Constitution should be interpreted
Interpretation of Article 114(1) of the 1992 Constitution on whether members of Parliament are entitled to pension upon cessation of membership
Interpretation of Article 11(7) of the 1992 Constitution on whether Parliament has the power to make amendments to subsidiary legislation
Interpretation of article 155(1) of the 1992 Constitution on whether "salary" must be given its ordinary meaning
Interpretation of article 156(3)(a) on whether the Chief Justice can be designated by the President to administer oaths to superior court justices
Interpretation of article 156 of the Constitution on whether the President can delegate his functions to the Chief Justice
Interpretation of article 168 of the 1992 Constitution on the authority entitled to appoint the chairman and other members of the governing bodies of public corporations managing the state-owned media
Interpretation of article 179(2)(b) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of article 179(2)(b) of the 1992 Constitution on whether estimates of the Audit Service are required to be laid before Parliament for their information only
Interpretation of article 181(1)-(5) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of article 187(7)(b)(ii) on whether it applies to private persons
Interpretation of article 187(7)(b) of the Constitution, 1992 on whether the word "may" is mandatory or permissive
Interpretation of Article 19(2)(d) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of Article 19(2)(g) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of Article 20 of the 1992 Constitution on whether the Constitution applies to land compulsorily acquired before the coming into force of the Constitution
Interpretation of Article 2(2) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of Article 22 of the 1992 Constitution, and its distinction from Section 13(1) of the Wills Act (Act 360)
Interpretation of article 289(1) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of article 33(1) & (2) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of Article 33(1) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of Article 47(6) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of Article 60(8) of the 1992 Constitution on whether absence of the President from Ghana means that he is unable to perform the functions of his office
Interpretation of article 71(1)(b) of the 1992 Constitution on whether the President can vary the recommendations of the Committee set up under that article
Interpretation of Article 71(1) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of article 71 of the 1992 Constitution on whether it requires the President to determine the emoluments of the Chief Justice and Superior Court Judges in accordance with the advice of the Council of State
Interpretation of Article 88 of the 1992 Constitution on whether the Attorney-General must sue and be sued in all matters involving all organs of the state
Interpretation of Article 94(1)(a) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of Articles 102 and 104(1) of the 1992 Constitution on whether a Deputy Speaker or any other member of Parliament presiding over Parliament in the absence of the Speaker is precluded from voting or taking part in the making of a decision by Parliament
Interpretation of Articles 102 and 104(1) of the 1992 Constitution on whether a presiding Deputy Speaker is entitled to be counted for the purposes of determining the voting quorum
Interpretation of Articles 136(4) and 139(3) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of articles 178(1)(a), 179(2)(b) and 187(14) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of articles 178 (1) (a), 187 (14), 189 (2) and (3) of the 1992 constitution
Interpretation of Articles 20(5) & (6) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of Articles 267 and 257(6) of the 1992 Constitution on whether minerals in their natural state vest in the appropriate stool or in the President
Interpretation of Articles 33(1), 130(1) and 140(2)
Interpretation of Articles 5 and 47(2) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of Articles 78(1), 79(1) and 81 of the 1992 Constitution on whether the tenure of office of Ministers and Deputy Ministers expires at the end of the four-year term of the President and whether where the President in his second term wishes to reappoint such persons as ministers or deputy ministers of state, he must do so with prior approval of Parliament
Interpretation of Clause 3 of Article 63 of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of section 129(4) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of Section 131(1) of the 1992 Constitution
Interpretation of section 208 of the 1999 Constitution on the power to remove a Permanent Secretary
Interpretation of Section 63(9) of the 1992 Constitution on whether the evidence on which the declaration is based must be part of the declaration
Interpretation of the phrase "any other law" mentioned in article 1(2) of the Constitution, 1992
Interpretation of the phrase "prior approval of Parliament" as used in Articles 78(1), 79(1) and 81 of the 1992 Constitution and whether it applies to "hold-over ministers"
Interpretation of the word "judgment" per Article 295 of the Constitution
Legal effect of Article 14(6) of the Constitution
Position of the law on Article 20 of the 1992 Constitution
The import of Article 1(2) of the 1992 Constitution
The need to interpret a provision of the 1992 Constitution in relation to the other provisions
What the salary of a serving judge entails
Whether a question of interpretation arises under Article 5 of the 1992 Constitution
Whether article 156 of the 1992 Constitution applies only to new judges
Whether Article 19(2)(d) of the Constitution is applicable only on arrest
Whether article 196(c) of the 1992 Constitution applies to non-quasi-judicial exercise of discretion
Whether article 20(5) and (6) are meant to operate retrospectively
Whether Article 22(1) of the 1992 Constitution needs to be referred to the Supreme Court for interpretation
Whether article 33(1) of the Constitution is to be resorted to where a law infringes on the rights and liberties of the citizens
Whether article 36(2)(b) of the Constitution, 1992 is justiciable
Whether article 73 of the 1992 Constitution applies only to treaties
Whether article 8(2) of the 1992 constitution is inconsistent with article 17 of the constitution
Whether article 8(2) of the 1992 constitution is inconsistent with article 55(10) of the constitution
Whether article 8(2) of the 1992 Constitution is unconstitutional
Whether article 8(2) of the 1992 Constitution was validly amended by section 16(2) of the Citizenship Act, 2000
Whether article 94(3)(b) of the Constitution, 1992 is enforceable per se
Whether articles 34-41 of the 1992 Constitution are justiciable
Whether CI 95 is inconsistent with Article 47(2) of the 1992 Constitution
Whether non-compliance with article 196(c) of the 1992 Constitution results in invalidity of a regulation
Whether or not an arm of government deriving its authority and independence from the Constitution can claim immunity from any action commenced in the Supreme Court
Whether or not an employee of Ghana Education Service(GES) and Ghana Highways Authority (GHA) being a civil servant is disqualified from becoming a Member of Parliament or actively partaking in party politics
Whether or not directives issued by the Bank of Ghana constitutes Orders, Rules or Regulations envisaged under Article 11(1)(c) of the Constitution and therefore required to comply with the provisions of Article 11(7) of the Constitution
Whether or not under Article 218(e) of the 1992 Constitution, CHRAJ has a mandate to investigate private individuals on grounds of alleged corruption
Whether regulations 3(1) and 21 of Manufacture and Sale of Spirits Regulations, 1962 (LI 239) are inconsistent with the 1992 Constitution
Whether Section 24(1) of the Courts Act 1993 (Act 459) is inconsistent with the Constitution, 1992
Whether Section 96 of the Criminal Code is inconsistent with the 1992 Constitution
Whether the expression "public lands" in article 257(2) of the Constitution embraces lands compulsorily acquired in the public interest both before and after the coming into force of the 1992 Constitution
Whether the framers of the 1992 Constitution prescribed one retirement age of 60 years for all classes of public officers
Whether the framers of the Constitution by Article 252(2) intended that every conceivable revenue should be added in the calculation of the allocation to the DACF
Whether the word “defined” used in article 19(11) of the Constitution, 1992 means that every single word in the penal provision must be given a special definition
Whether, under the 1992 Constitution, the government can enact laws to safeguard public interest
Whether, under the 1992 Constitution, the government has power to make regulatory laws respecting trade, industry and commerce
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