The Supreme Court has dismissed an interlocutory injunction application filed by Ofoase-Ayirebi Member of Parliament (MP) Kojo Oppong Nkrumah seeking to stop selected High Court judges from conducting criminal trials during the ongoing legal vacation. 

Justice Gabriel Pwamang, sitting as a single judge, dismissed the application on Friday, August 21, 2026.

The decision clears the way for the affected criminal trials to continue under administrative warrants issued by Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie.

Mr Oppong Nkrumah had asked the court to suspend the warrants pending the determination of his substantive case challenging their constitutionality. 

The legal vacation runs from August 1 to September 30, 2026.

The MP argues that the Chief Justice’s decision to select certain criminal cases for hearing during the vacation amounts to selective justice and is inconsistent with provisions of the 1992 Constitution.

The substantive case remains pending before the Supreme Court.