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13 Jun 2018 | Wed 16:29
Supreme Court Justice Ali Hameed and Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed
Supreme Court Justice Ali Hameed and Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed
Mohamed Sharuhaan
Prosecution of SC Justices
Justices influencing lower court verdicts: guilty verdict appealed at Supreme Court
 
Saeed is doing time of four months and 24 days in prison for obstruction of justice by ordering the halt of GEMS as well
 
Saeed and Hameed are charged with influencing lower court rulings
 
The high court had reduced the initial sentence issued on both justices to one year, two months and 12 days

Supreme Court justices Abdulla Saeed and Ali Hameed have appealed their one year, two months and 12 day jail sentence at the Supreme Court, after the High Court ruled to uphold Criminal Court's guilty verdict.

While the High Court has upheld the verdict, their jail term was reduced from one year, seven month and six days.

If the Supreme Court upholds the ruling by the High Court, both justices will lose their seats in the Supreme Court. Two seats from the bench of justices at the Supreme Court including the seat for chief of justice will be vacated. A chief of justice will be elected by the parliament.

One of the verdicts issued by the High Court on both justices, states that Saeed had as Chief of Justice, influenced court rulings by contacting Criminal Court judges and ordering them to issue rulings under his command since 2016 up until his arrest on the 05th of February. Justice Hameed was also charged under similar accusations.

High Court had upheld the verdict issued on the justices by Criminal Court after testimonies by two judges of the lower court. According to the testimonies which had leaked online and circulated on social media in early May, the two witnesses who gave their testimonies against both justices are Criminal Court Judge Adam Arif and Civil Court Judge Mohamed Haleem.

While both justices have been found guilty for influencing lower court rulings, Chief Justice Saeed has also been found guilty for an additional charge pressed against him. As such, he is doing time of four months and 24 days in prison after finding him guilty of obstruction of justice for ordering the halt of state’s Government E-Letter Management System (GEMS). This sentence however, has not yet been appealed at the Supreme Court.

Last updated at: 4 months ago
Reviewed by: Aishath Shaany
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