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The judiciary was composed of the judges in Male’ and the Bodu Naa’ibs in the Atolls and the Naa’ibs in the islands. The Naa’ib who was the legal authority in each island was at the end of the hierarchy at which he follows the Bodu Naa’ib. The latter is the chief authority of justice for an atoll.
History. On October 5, 1980, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom established a court in every island of the Maldives with the aim of increasing trust and established the High Court. The judges were appointed the day after the High Court was established. The High Court was previously the highest court in the country until the ratification of the 2008 ...
Husnu Al Suood. Husnu Al Suood (Dhivehi: ޙުސްނުއްސުޢޫދު ) born in Meedhoo is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Maldives since 8 December 2019. He was the Attorney General of the Maldives from June 2009 to August 2010. He served as the Chief Judge of the Civil Court (1997 - 1999) and as a member of the Judicial ...
The "Freedom in the World" index, a measure of political rights and civil liberties published by Freedom House, judged Maldives as "not free" until May 1, 2009, when it was raised to "partly free". [11] [12] The "Worldwide Press Freedom Index", published by Reporters Without Borders, ranks Maldives 106 out of 180 in terms of press freedom as of ...
List of Qazis of the Maldives. The following is a list of Qazis (Chief Justices) of the Maldives . Qazi Mohamed Shamsuddin (d. 1645) Hussain Quthubuddin (d. 1661) Hassan Thakurufaan. Mahmood Ranfuthu Fandiyaar (d. 1678) Mohamed bin Hajj Ali Thukkala. Hassan Thaajuddeen (d. 27 February 1727)
On 16 January 2012, [20] the Maldives military, on orders from President Nasheed, arrested Judge Abdulla Mohamed, the Chief Justice of the Maldives Criminal Court, on charges he was blocking the prosecution of corruption and human rights cases against allies of former President Gayoom. The opposition claims that the arrest was unconstitutional.
Human rights in the Maldives. Human rights in the Maldives, an archipelagic nation of 417,000 people off the coast of the Indian Subcontinent, [ 1] is a contentious issue. In its 2011 Freedom in the World report, Freedom House declared the Maldives "Partly Free", claiming a reform process which had made headway in 2009 and 2010 had stalled. [ 2]
The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia. Including the sea, the territory spans roughly 90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi), with a land area of 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi). The Maldives is one of the world's most geographically dispersed sovereign states, and the smallest Muslim country by land area.