AG opposes suspended CJ Torkornoo’s bid to halt removal proceedings

The Office of the Attorney General has opposed a motion filed by Justice Gertrude Torkonoo seeking to halt the ongoing proceedings aimed at removing the Chief Justice.

The Chief Justice filed the injunction application after applying to the Supreme Court to interprete relevant portions of the constitution to mean she can waive her right to privacy under the proceedings, that the prima facie determination without reasoned ruling served on her was unconstitutional and seeking orders for the members of the committee to be barred from hearing the petitions.

In her application for injunction of the proceedings and members of the committee, Justice Torkornoo alleged that the proceedings are mockery of Justice and a ruse to unjustifiably remove her.

But the state in an affidavit in opposition to the injunction application, the Attorney General’s Office rejected claims made by the suspended Chief Justice that she was not informed of the reasons behind the prima facie determination.

According to the affidavit, the relevant documents have been made available to the appropriate parties.

However, the Attorney General’s Office argued that Justice Torkonoo followed an improper procedure in her attempt to obtain those documents by filing an injunction application.

The office also objected to her request to have members of the committee barred from hearing the applications related to her removal.

The office of the Attorney General thus prayed to the apex court to dismiss the application