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Criminal Court

Crime

Nearly 2,000 cases pending at criminal court

The backlog includes 12 cases filed a decade ago.

30 Jul 2019, 9:00 AM

Crime

Maldives court frees alleged jihadi fighter

No suspects charged with joining militant groups have been convicted to date.

24 Jul 2019, 9:00 AM

Crime

Court accused of discounting evidence of death caused by marital rape

The PG office is appealing the husband’s acquittal.

25 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM

Politics

Criminal court initiates contempt probe against presidential commission chair

Husnu Suood alleged gangs nominate judges and “fix” trials by intimidating secret witnesses.

22 Jan 2019, 9:00 AM

Crime

Courts react angrily to gang connection allegations

The criminal court condemned allegations by the chair of a presidential inquiry commission.

01 Jan 2019, 9:00 AM

Crime

Gangs ‘nominate’ criminal court judges

There’s no hope of justice with corrupt judges on the bench, the presidential inquiry commission’s chair declared.

31 Dec 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

Suicide bombing suspects freed

Ishag Ali and Hussain Afeef were suspected of links with the Islamic State terror group.

04 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

Maldives Criminal Court cancels 30 hearings

One of the cancelled trials was for ex-president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

09 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

Verdict due in Faris identity fraud trial

The detained lawmaker faces a jail term of nine months and 18 days if convicted.

19 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

Alleged jihadists request ‘sick leave’ from custody during trial

Mohamed Nabeeh, Adam Farhaan and Ahmed Afsal are accused of leaving the country last July to join the war in Syria, but their lawyer says they are very sick and should be released from custody during the trial.

28 May 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

Criminal court staff suspected of leaking secret statements

A criminal court staff is suspected of leaking earlier this month secret statements from witnesses in the upcoming terrorism trials of top judges and politicians.

17 May 2018, 9:00 AM

Politics

Top opposition lawyer summoned for court inquiry

Hisaan Hussain was summoned for an inquiry launched into comments she made to the press following the conviction of the country’s highest-ranking judges last week.

14 May 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

Second secret trial held for detained judges

The judges have yet to respond to the charge, but their arrests have been condemned as politically motivated.

22 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

Courtroom chaos ahead of state of emergency expiry

The criminal court was busy Wednesday as the authorities scrambled to keep “coup plotters” in custody after a 45-day state of emergency expires this week.

21 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

Judges appointed to High Court and Criminal Court

The appointments come as courts struggle to hear cases due to a judge shortage.

24 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

Registered journalists barred from courtroom hearings

Despite the registration process, most hearings get delayed and journalists are forced to wait in the lobby for hours before hearings begin.

23 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

Six-month jail term for man who threatened to kill ex-wife

There have been 11 cases of domestic violence so far this year.

18 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM

Politics

Criminal court chief judge transferred to juvenile court

The transfers were made at the request of the Supreme Court, the Judicial Service Commission said in a statement issued late last night.

11 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM

Crime

Zaid transferred to house arrest in mid-trial

Zaidul Ameen is accused of attempting to sell a secretly recorded conversation with Supreme Court Justice Ali Hameed Mohamed.

29 May 2017, 9:00 AM

Politics

Judge lifts conditions imposed on Gasim

The move comes after the police apologised for falsely claiming in court that a case against the opposition lawmaker had not been sent for prosecution.

17 May 2017, 9:00 AM

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