Supreme Court to set up ‘judicial academy’

The Supreme Court has decided to establish a ‘judicial academy’ to train judges, judicial sector employees, and lawyers.

A circular issued by the apex court and signed by Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed yesterday stated that a mechanism for “continuous judicial education” is needed to ensure the right to a fair, impartial, and expeditious trial.

The court also published regulations governing the academy’s operations. The regulations will, however, come into force on December 1.

The academy’s highest authority will be a seven-member advisory council comprised of the chief justice, a Supreme Court justice, the High Court chief judge, the judicial administrator, a trial court judge, a legal scholar from either the national university or Islamic university of Maldives, and the academy’s chancellor.