Supreme Court Dismisses Oppong Nkrumah’s Application on Legal Vacation

The Supreme Court has dismissed an interlocutory injunction application filed by Ofoase-Ayirebi Member of Parliament, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, seeking to halt selected criminal trials being conducted during the ongoing legal vacation.

Justice Gabriel Pwamang, sitting as a single judge of the Supreme Court, ruled on Friday, August 21, 2026, that Mr Oppong Nkrumah had not made a proper case for the injunction.

The application sought to suspend the operation of administrative warrants issued by the Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, permitting selected High Court judges to continue hearing certain criminal cases during the legal vacation.

The legal vacation runs from August 1 to September 30, 2026.

Mr Oppong Nkrumah, represented by private legal practitioner Frank Davies, had argued that the selective continuation of criminal trials during the vacation raised constitutional concerns, particularly regarding the exercise of discretionary powers by the Chief Justice.

The Supreme Court’s decision clears the way for the affected High Courts to continue hearing the selected criminal cases during the vacation.

However, the dismissal does not determine the substantive constitutional case filed by Mr Oppong Nkrumah. That challenge, which questions the constitutionality of the Chief Justice’s warrants and the legal framework governing vacation sittings, remains pending before the Supreme Court.

The ruling therefore settles only the immediate request for an injunction, while the broader constitutional issues raised by the MP are yet to be determined.