Supreme Court defers ruling on anti -gay bill
Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson
The Supreme Court has deferred ruling on an application seeking to stop Parliament from transmitting the anti-gay bill to the President for his assent.
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In a unanimous decision today, a five member - panel of the apex court held that it would determine the interlocutory application during judgment of the substantive case challenging the constitutionality of the passage of the bill.
Such an approach, the court, presided over by the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, held would enable the court to give a proper clarity in the constitutional matters relating to the suit.
“The decision is deferred to abide the outcome of the determination of the substantive suit,” the Chief Justice ruled
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