Supreme Court Justice Didi suspended
JSC also suspends Chief Judge Hassan Saeed and calls for sacking of Magistrate Ibrahim Rasheed
13 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
The Judicial Service Commission suspended Supreme Court Justice Abdulla Didi on Wednesday while he is being investigated by the police for allegedly taking a USD$ 1 million bribe.
The JSC, a ten-member oversight body for the judiciary, also suspended Chief Judge of the Family Court Hassan Saeed and recommended the sacking of Magistrate Ibrahim Rasheed from the Thinadhoo magistrate court in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll.
This is the first time the JSC has taken an action against a Supreme Court justice in its 11-year history. It is also the first time the commission has recommended that parliament dismiss a judge.
The decision to suspend Didi, who is accused of taking a US$1 million bribe in 2015 to sentence President Mohamed Nasheed to 13 years in jail, was taken with the majority support of the commission.
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