High Court judges transferred back to Addoo
In 2016, the International Commission of Jurists criticised the transfer of judges between courts as a tactic of political retribution, harassment and intimidation.
17 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM
Three judges seconded to work in Malé have been asked to return to their post at the High Court’s southern branch in Addoo City, as their three-month working period in the capital has expired, local media reports.
The three southern branch judges – Shujau Usman, Abdul Ghanee Mohamed and Shuaib Hussain Zakariyya – were ordered by the Supreme Court in August to hear cases in Malé to help out with a spike in murder cases.
The judiciary was tasked with setting up two regional branches due to legal changes approved by parliament more than two years ago, dividing the nine-judge appeals court into three branches.
Under the amendments, a branch of the High Court was to be set up in the north and south of the Maldives, a country whose population is scattered across hundreds of islands. The northern branch is so far not active and no judges have been appointed.
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