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The Supreme Court has set December 18, 2024, as the date for its decision in the two contentious cases challenging the enactment of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also referred to as the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
The procedures and the approval of the bill by Parliament are being contested by broadcast journalist Richard Dela Sky and researcher Dr. Amanda Odoi of the University of Cape Coast.
In their individual cases, the two plaintiffs are asking the Supreme Court to step in and assess whether the February 2024 bill is still legal.
On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, all of the issues submitted and the parties’ individual statements of case were granted approval by the seven-member panel led by Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson.
The Court has instructed Richard Sky’s attorneys, under the direction of Paa Kwasi Abaidoo, to submit an updated statement of case by November 22.
The Attorney General (the second respondent) and the Parliament of Ghana (the first respondent), under the leadership of Thaddeus Sory, must also submit their responses by November 27, 2024.
A date of December 18 was set for the delivery of the judgment by Justice Lovelace Johnson’s panel, which also consists of Justice Prof. Henrietta Mensah Bonsu, Justice Barbara Ackah-Yensu, Justice Samuel Asiedu, Justice Ernest Gaewu, Justice Yaw Darko Asare, and Justice Richard ADJEI Frimpong.
The same panel in the case of Dr. Amanda Odoi adjourned it to the same day after adopting all of the submitted memorandums of issues, including the parties’ statements of cases.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
