The Supreme Court has in a majority decision stopped Justice Clemence Honyenuga from continuing with the trial in which Dr Stephen Opuni and two others are standing trial at the High Court.
The five-member panel of the apex court in a three-two majority ruled that Justice Honyenuga, a Justice of the Supreme Court is prohibited from continuing with the trial.
Dr Opuni and two others have pleaded not guilty to charges including causing financial loss to the state in a lithovite fertilizer issues.
The panel of five presided over by Justice Jones Victor Dotse also granted the request for portions of the ruling on a submission of no case to be quashed.
