According to Lawyer Oppong, Justice Dotse was only making a “fair comment” on a case that is no more before the court.

Justice Dotse had stressed that the apex court was clear on its order for the Electoral Commission to delete from the electoral roll persons who used the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards as a form of identification for their registration.

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The EC had said it cannot delete names of those who registered with NHIS cards based on its own understanding of the ruling.

But Justice Dotse speaking to journalists said any individual who is finding it difficult to understand the ruling should come back to the court.

“…we [Supreme Court] said the use of the NHIS cards is therefore unconstitutional and it should take the opportunity to clean the register of those undesirable persons.”

“We also do not want to disenfranchise anybody so the Supreme Court went on to say that anybody who will be affected by that exercise should be given the opportunity to register according to the law and the constitution, period.”

His comment has not gone down well with some legal practitioners, with Abraham Amaliba strongly arguing that it does not lie in the purview of the Supreme Court justice to comment on the ruling.

But speaking to Radio Ghana, law lecturer at Central University, Yaw Oppong said the Judge did no wrong.

“There is no case before the court. The judge is entitled to make a fair comment. He makes a fair comment and well I disagree with those who are using such words to describe him as unethical and things like that. It is really unfortunate,” Lawyer Oppong added.