In Ghana, the Supreme Court has declined to halt criminal trials during the legal vacation period, allowing a series of high-profile corruption prosecutions to move forward. Justice Gabriel Pwamang found that the Chief Justice's administrative warrants directing judges to hear pending cases carried no constitutional violation, and that the right to a speedy trial — enshrined in Ghana's 1992 Constitution — actually argues in favor of continuing proceedings, not suspending them. The ruling is less an ending than a pause in a deeper argument about judicial authority, equal treatment under the law