3 Supreme Court judges suspended before constitutional amendment hearing
The Supreme Court was scheduled to hear a case at 11 am on Wednesday.
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Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on Wednesday suspended three Supreme Court judges ahead of a scheduled hearing on the constitutional amendment that allows members of parliament to lose their seats if expelled from their party.
The suspended judges are:
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Azmiralda Zahir
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Mahaz Ali Zahir
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Husnu Suood
The JSC’s Secretary General, Aminath Nada Hussain, confirmed the suspension.
Sources indicate that the judges were suspended due to ongoing investigations by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) into cases related to them.
The Supreme Court was scheduled to hear a case at 11 am on Wednesday regarding interim orders to halt impeachment proceedings and other actions against judges under the recently amended constitution. The suspensions took place shortly before the hearing.
Prior to this, the ruling Progressive National Congress (PNC)-majority parliament passed an amendment reducing the number of Supreme Court judges from seven to five, requiring the removal of two sitting judges.
The Supreme Court had taken up the constitutional amendment case, with a full bench of seven judges set to hear the matter.
