[ 2021-02-23 ]

Judges are insulted by people who know nothing about the law – Justice Apau
A justice of Ghana’s Supreme Court Yaw Apau has
bemoaned the situation where judges are insulted
in the country.


He said persons who insult judges mostly do not
know anything about the law or have no idea about
the issues before the court.



He said this while expressing deep concerns about
the utterances of former Deputy Attorney General
Dr Dominic Ayine regarding the hearing of the
election petition, which the court deemed
contemptuous.

“Sometimes, judges are insulted by people who
don’t know the law and have no idea about the
case before a judge,” Justice Apau said.

Dr Ayine has apologized to the Court over his
contemptuous comments against the justices of the
highest court regarding the ongoing election
petition hearing.

The Supreme Court Monday February 22, 2021 ordered
the Bolgatanga East lawmaker to go and retract
comments he had publicly made which the court
deems contemptuous.



This was after he wrote an apology letter to the
court.



He had earlier said in a media interview that the
decision of the Supreme Court not to allow the
petitioner reopen his case to subpoena chairperson
of the 1st Respondent Electoral Commission, Jean
Mensa, was “predetermined”.

This, the court deemed scandalous and brought
contempt charges against Dr. Ayine, a case which
was heard Monday.

During the hearing, a remorseful looking Dr. Ayine
said he had written a letter to the court
apologizing for his comments.

Counsel for the contemnor Dr. Ayine also pleaded
on behalf of his client asking the mercy of the
court.

The court, in accepting the apology of the
contemnor acknowledged the fact he is a senior
member of the bar but made the following
consequential orders.



“We accept the apology of learned counsel for
the contemnor, we however order that the contemnor
purges his contempt by retracting his scandalous
on the very same medium before Thursday, 25th
February, 2021, when the court will reconvene. The
contempt proceedings is thus adjourned to
Thursday, 25th February, 2021?, the ruled.

Source - 3 News

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