In unprecedented move, supreme court sacks civil court judge
The apex court declared that Judge Mariyam Waheed has “lost the legitimacy, legal capacity, and authority” to remain on the bench after she ruled against the government in a long-running dispute over the lease of Vaavu Bodumohora for resort development.
18 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
The supreme court has overturned a lower court ruling against the government in a long-running resort lease dispute and sacked the civil court judge who delivered the judgment.
In separate orders issued around 11pm on Thursday night, the apex court struck down the order for the government to hand over the island of Bodumohora in Vaavu atoll to Marine Technology Maldives and declared that Judge Mariyam Waheed has “lost the legitimacy, legal capacity, and authority” to remain on the bench.
Waheed “does not have any capacity to preside over trials in any Maldivian court,” reads the unprecedented order.
Earlier on Thursday, the judge had ordered the government to hand over the island within a week after entering a lease agreement as stipulated in a joint venture deal signed in January 2014.
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