{"id":465012,"date":"2018-02-16T19:41:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T19:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/16\/cj-supreme-court-justices-slam-atugubas-insulting-research-on-judges-political-leanings\/"},"modified":"2018-02-16T19:41:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T19:41:04","slug":"cj-supreme-court-justices-slam-atugubas-insulting-research-on-judges-political-leanings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/16\/cj-supreme-court-justices-slam-atugubas-insulting-research-on-judges-political-leanings\/","title":{"rendered":"CJ, Supreme Court justices slam Atuguba\u2019s &#8216;insulting&#8217; research on judges\u2019 political leanings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 16 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/79159909.295.jpg\" alt=\"Sophic2\" title=\"Sophic2\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Chief justice Sophia Akuffo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518810064_832_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Chief Justice, Sophia Akufo and revered Justices of the Supreme Court have publicly expressed their disapproval about a research seeking to establish the political leanings of judges of the apex court.<\/p>\n<p>The research, conducted by renowned law Professor, Raymond Atuguba, sought to establish that the voting pattern of judges of the Supreme Court was influenced by the political party that appointed them.<\/p>\n<p>Presenting his findings on Thursday at the 2018 GIMPA Law Conference where the Supreme Court judges had gathered, Prof Atuguba explained that he analysed one hundred political cases in Ghana and found that the voting patterns of the justices favoured the parties which appointed them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a coincidence that this happened&#8230;and it will soon be discovered by the general populace and it may be too late then to gain public trust and respect for the court. The time to act is now,\u201d Prof Atuguba urged.<\/p>\n<p>But Prof Atuguba\u2019s findings scraped nerves and seem to have angered the revered justices of the apex court.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, described the research as alien to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an American type of research that you have done&#8230;that\u2019s fine, but please be careful what you are importing into our environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [Americans] are used to that, we are not. I don\u2019t think there was a single judge who agreed with what you were saying,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Jones Dotse was even more critical. He is certain the entire research is an affront to the judges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are entitled to your views,\u201d he tells Prof Atugaba, adding, \u201cI think it is an insult of the highest order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/11797988.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/86161983.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An Appeals Court judge, Justice Irene Charity Larbie, also said Raymond Atuguba\u2019s research is a direct attack on the integrity of justices of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UkxDlue1Qq0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9QlbMasx1Pw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fn6glJLTDZk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 61 updated by: 61 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 16 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-16 play videoChief justice Sophia Akuffo Chief Justice, Sophia Akufo and revered Justices of the Supreme Court have publicly expressed their disapproval about a research seeking to establish the political leanings of judges of the apex court. 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