{"id":152690,"date":"2015-09-18T07:19:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T07:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=152690"},"modified":"2015-09-18T11:33:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T11:33:03","slug":"judicial-scandal-committee-reconvenes-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/judicial-scandal-committee-reconvenes-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Judicial scandal: Committee reconvenes today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The committee investigating allegations of corruption against 22 judges will sit today to continue its work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;ze3d0mLFlqVm8pcKoubjy9hL5Etk3WQG&#8221;]Their maiden meeting last Tuesday was called off due to the absence of a member of the committee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lawyers for some of the magistrates are however pushing for an indefinite suspension of their meetings until a suit pending in court is determined.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the magistrates have filed a writ at the High Court questioning the legality of the process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">14 out of the 22 accused judges, in their writ said their \u201csuspension is in bad faith,\u201d and that the court should declare the suspension \u201cnull and void.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chief Justice set up the committee to investigate allegations of corruption against the magistrates following the expos\u00e9 by investigative journalist Anas Aremyaw Anas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another judge sues Anas, AG\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother judge amongst the 12 high court judges accused of taking bribes in the latest investigative piece by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has filed a suit at the Accra Fast Track Court seeking to among others, challenge the legality of the impeachment proceedings against him.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Mohammed Habib Logoh in a writ filed on Tuesday, is seeking 10 reliefs, key among them being a declaration that the audio-visual recording is unlawful and cannot be used in determining the outcome of the investigations by the judicial council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Franklin Badu Jnr\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The committee investigating allegations of corruption against 22 judges will sit today to continue its work. 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