Supreme Court of the Maldives

Supreme Court of Maldives
Established	September 18, 2008
Country	Maldives
Location	Male’^[1]
Number of positions	5
Chief Justice of Maldives
Currently	Uz Abdullah Saeed^[2]

The Maldives Supreme Court is the highest federal court of Maldives. On December 10, the number of Supreme Court judges was reduced from seven to five.^[3]

Notable rulings

Four members of the country's Election Commission were set to spend six months in jail for 'disobeying orders'.^[4]

References

External links

Supreme Court of Maldives in the news

United Nations News Centre - Maldives: UN ‘deeply concerned’ as Supreme Court prosecutes rights advocates
Global Legal Monitor: Maldives: Supreme Court Decision on Freedom of Assembly and Expression | Global Legal Monitor | Law Library of Congress| Library of Congress

Other

Supreme Courts of Asia

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

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