Courts ordered to clear backlog in one month
Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed today ordered all courts to clear backlog of long-pending cases within one month. Lawyers say the move is “practically impossible.”
12 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed today ordered all courts to clear backlog of long-pending cases within one month. Lawyers say the move is “practically impossible.”
“We have noticed some cases have been pending at the courts for excessively long periods of time,” Saeed said in his open letter to the lower courts.
The Department of Judicial Administration was ordered to help the lower courts manage and complete cases within a one-month period. The brief letter did not specify the length of time the apex court considers as being excessive.
The Maldives judiciary, especially the criminal court, has been criticized for delays in completing cases.
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