JSC upholds decision to suspend Didi
Judicial watchdog rejects Supreme Court’s stay and Judicial Council’s claim it was acting unconstitutionally
14 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
The tussle between the Judicial Service Commission and the Supreme Court took a new turn late on Thursday when the JSC voted to disregard the top court’s stay on Justice Abdulla Didi’s suspension.
The JSC, which investigates complaints against the judiciary, made the historic decision to suspend Didi, who is accused of taking a US$1 million bribe in 2015 to sentence former President Mohamed Nasheed to 13 years in jail, on Wednesday.
However, the following day, the Supreme Court halted the suspension after Didi submitted a formal appeal.
“We hereby order the Judicial Service Commission and related state institutions not to take any action to implement the suspension of Justice Adbulla Didi and to refrain from taking any action in the mentioned case until this court reaches a decision on Justice Didi’s claim,” the court order stated.
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