High Court judge complains over transfer to southern branch
High Court Judge Azmiralda Zahir has filed a complaint with the parliament’s independent institutions oversight committee over her transfer to a southern branch of the appellate court.
13 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
High Court Judge Azmiralda Zahir has filed a complaint with the parliament’s independent institutions oversight committee over her transfer to a southern branch of the appellate court.
In her letter, obtained by The Maldives Independent, Zahir said she is presently not working at the job she was chosen for. Her forced relocation to Addu City has also infringed on the rights of her two young children, she wrote.
Zahir – the most senior female judge in the Maldives – was among three judges chosen by the Supreme Court in June last year for the newly-established branch in the southernmost aoll. One of the three, Abbas Shareef, retired in September citing health problems.
The nine-member High Court bench was divided by amendments brought to the Judicature Act in December 2015. Two regional branches were set up to hear appeals of magistrate court verdicts while only the main branch in the capital was to decide on constitutional challenges to laws and regulations.
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