Courts of Appeals suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 are to resume sitting this month (April).
Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo made this known when she addressed the Judicial Press Corps on April 4, 2024.
She disclosed that the Court of Appeal in Kumasi would serve Ashanti, Bono East, Bono, and Ahafo Regions.
According to her, the Judicial Service was putting in place structures to enable the Court of Appeal in Kumasi to do virtual hearings to better serve the people in the northern part of the country.
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She announced that Western North appeals were to be heard by the Court of Appeal in Kumasi because of nearness, while the Central and Western Court of Appeal would be re-opened in Sekondi and not Cape Coast.
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The Chief Justice said the decision to move the Court of Appeal to Sekondi was made because facilities in Cape Coast had deteriorated and needed new infrastructure.
According to her, the Service recorded more cases in the Central and Western Regions than in the Volta and Eastern Regions.
Chief Justice Torkornoo disclosed that she will make known her vision for effective justice delivery in the country on April 8, 2024.
