The Supreme Court has ruled that one of the judges accused of involvement in the corruption scandal that rocked the judiciary in 2015 following an expose by Investigator, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, is entitled to his retirement benefits.
The judgement by the court nullifies the decision by the Chief Justice to withhold the retirement benefits of Justice Kwame Ohene-Essel until the final determination of impeachment process against him.
Justice Ohene-Essel was granted his benefits after the apex court held that he was not impeached, neither did the Chief Justice set up any committee to conduct impeachment proceedings against him as at the time he retired as a judge.
Again, the court held that the failure by the Chief Justice to set up a committee to commence impeachment proceedings against Justice Ohene-Essel before he went on retirement meant he could not be impeached because such a constitutional process did not apply to judges on retirement.
