Thursday roundup: Maldives Supreme Court poses ‘major threat to democratic rule’
A roundup of the day’s top stories.
10 Oct 2019, 9:00 AM
Government proposes increasing term of local councils to five years
Witnesses in murder trial of liberal blogger face intimidation and assault
Opposition condemns arrest of protester
Watchdog probes overreach of Supreme Court justices
The Judicial Service Commission decided on Wednesday to investigate three Supreme Court justices involved in unlawful decisions by the top court over the past decade.
The probe was prompted by a report compiled in August that flagged 17 instances where the Supreme Court violated the constitution or usurped the powers of the executive, parliament and independent state institutions, the JSC noted in a press brief.
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