Judicial watchdog reprimands judge over blogpost
“I have the right to write. The Judges Act doesn’t prohibit me from writing. This does not threaten me at all and I don’t regret writing that post,” Judge Mahaz Ali told The Maldives Independent. The judge was reprimanded over a blogpost deemed critical of a Supreme Court ruling.
22 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
The judicial watchdog has reprimanded Drug Court Judge Mahaz Ali Zahir over a blogpost critical of a Supreme Court ruling.
An investigative committee of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) found Mahaz guilty of unethical conduct and issued a warning yesterday.
Mahaz had argued in a blogpost in May 2014 that the state could not press criminal charges in the absence of a prosecutor general (PG) and his deputy. But the apex court and the attorney general had said the most senior prosecutor could take on the PG’s constitutional responsibilities.
Mahaz told The Maldives Independent that he published the blogpost on May 8, but the JSC accused him of criticising a Supreme Court ruling issued on May 12.
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