Top judge suspended
The JSC has suspended the chief judge of the family court after he criticised the appointment of two controversial judges to the appellate high court. He had reportedly called them “the most corrupt judges in the world.”
23 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
The watchdog Judicial Service Commission suspended Monday a senior judge after he criticised the appointment of two controversial judges to the appellate high court.
Chief Judge of the Family Court, Hassan Saeed, was indefinitely suspended pending an investigation into an allegation of misconduct, the JSC said in a statement on its website.
The complaint filed by an MP of the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives alleged that Saeed had said that Judges Abdulla Didi and Sujau Usman, promoted to the High Court last year, were the “most corrupt judges in the world,” report local media.
Saeed was summoned to the JSC on Monday.
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