One-and-a-half months have passed since the Supreme Court was paralysed

Apr 15, 2025, 3:47 AM
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Adhadhu File Photo.

One and a half months have passed since three Supreme Court justices were suspended in a way which obstructs a constitutional case on MP disqualification.

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) suspended Justices Azmiralda Zahir, Husnu Suood and Mahaz Ali Zahir on February 26.

Suood has since resigned from his post to protest the intimidation of judges and a new justice was recently appointed to the apex court.

Constitutional cases can only be heard by the full bench of the Supreme Court. The bench is currently short of two justices and cannot hear constitutional cases.

Additionally, the cases assigned to Mahaz and Azmiralda have also been stalled. This means that relatively few cases can be heard in the court at the moment.

The Supreme Court last heard a case eight days ago, with the last one before that held almost a month ago. Only five hearings have been held since the suspensions.

The justices were suspended abruptly, as they were preparing for a hearing on the constitutional case on MP disqualification.

Only 13 minutes notice was issued before JSC held a meeting to decide on their suspension. No representative of the courts was able to attend the meeting.

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