Supreme Court of Ghana

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court of last resort judicial body supreme court

The Supreme Court of Ghana is the country’s apex judicial body, responsible for final appeals and constitutional interpretation within Ghana’s legal system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Ghana canonical	7
Ghana Supreme Court	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ judicial body ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ surface form: Ghana Supreme Court
appliesLaw	Constitution of Ghana ⓘ case law of Ghana ⓘ statutory law of Ghana ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForJudges	President of Ghana on advice of Judicial Council and approval of Parliament ⓘ
branchOf	Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
canDeclare	acts of Parliament unconstitutional ⓘ
canReview	its own previous decisions ⓘ
canSitAs	full bench ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
country	Ghana ⓘ
countryOfJurisdiction	Ghana ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	appeals from the Court of Appeal of Ghana ⓘ constitutional interpretation in Ghana ⓘ enforcement of fundamental human rights in Ghana ⓘ parliamentary election disputes in Ghana ⓘ presidential election petitions in Ghana ⓘ
hasFunction	final determination of civil appeals ⓘ final determination of criminal appeals ⓘ interpretation of legislation ⓘ settlement of constitutional disputes ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPosition	Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
hasPower	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ original jurisdiction in constitutional matters ⓘ supervisory jurisdiction over lower courts ⓘ
headedBy	Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
jurisdiction	Ghana ⓘ
legalSystem	Ghanaian law ⓘ common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Accra ⓘ Greater Accra Region ⓘ Ghana ⓘ surface form: Republic of Ghana
minimumNumberOfJustices	9 ⓘ
oversees	Court of Appeal of Ghana ⓘ High Court of Ghana ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ surface form: judicial branch of Ghana
role	apex court in Ghana ⓘ final court of appeal in Ghana ⓘ interprets the Constitution of Ghana ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Ghana → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ

judicial branch of Ghana → headedBy → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ

judicial branch of Ghana → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ

Judiciary of Ghana → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ

Judiciary of Ghana → includesCourt → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ

Judiciary of Ghana → superiorCourtsInclude → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ

Supreme Court of Ghana → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghana Supreme Court

Constitution of Ghana → establishesBody → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ