High court rejects Nasheed’s appeal challenging legitimacy of Hulhumale’ magistrate court
07 Oct 2012, 5:27 PM
Mohamed Naahee
The High Court has rejected former President Mohamed Nasheed’s appeal challenging the legitimacy of Hulhumale’ Magistrate Court, and its summoning of him in connection to the detention of Chief Criminal Court Judge, Abdulla Mohamed.
The former President’s legal team appealed the court’s summoning order issued to police to summon him to a rescheduled hearing to be held on Sunday at 4:00pm.
Nasheed and his lawyers did not appear at the court hearing, and police made no attempt to arrest the former President.
The trial, which has been described by present Home Minister and former Justice Minister Mohamed Jameel on twitter as a “historic criminal trial” has escalated political tensions in the country.
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