Supreme Court nominee, Justice Janapare Adzura Bartels-Kodwo, says that her judicial decisions will be grounded in the law and not influenced by a predisposition to favour the state.

Speaking before the Appointments Committee of Parliament during her vetting on Tuesday, June 17, Justice Bartels-Kodwo stated that she is not a pro-state judge to rule in favour of the state.

Instead, she emphasised her commitment to impartiality and judicial integrity.

“I always show fidelity to the law, so I will not say that I’m a state person. Whatever comes before me, I would look at the facts and the law and I would be guided,” she stated.

She called for urgent and comprehensive judicial reforms backed by substantial infrastructure investment to enhance efficiency and accessibility across Ghana’s justice system.

She expressed concern about persistent delays in the justice delivery process and pointed out that while digital tools such as the e-justice system offer hope, their effectiveness is limited by infrastructural gaps, especially outside Accra.

“E-justice does not operate on steam, for lack of a better word. We need to put it in the network,” she said.

Justice Bartels-Kodwo insisted that reforms must not be concentrated in the capital alone.

“Judicial reforms should be across the country… If we talk about cases moving fast, efficiency, speedy trials, it shouldn’t happen only in the Law Court Complex. It must happen across the nation.”