Tag: Maldives
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How Judicial Independence is Being Undone in the Maldives
—Shamsul Falaah, Advocate (Maldives) and independent legal scholar Introduction Although almost every government since the current Constitution has influenced, or at least tried to influence, the judiciary, this year has been one of the worst. Since the beginning of the year, there has been constant concern about the government’s growing influence over judicial independence.
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Violation of Constitution has no Consequences, Rules Supreme Court of Maldives
—Ahmed Nazeer, P.h.D. Researcher in Public Law, University of Portsmouth Introduction The Maldives Supreme Court has ruled that violation of the constitution has no consequences unless the constitutional clauses explicitly stipulates a penalty. The ruling was part of the court’s justification in refusing disqualification of a government MP that decided to hold a position prohibited…