Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has decided to appoint its vice president Mohamed Faisal and Criminal Court Judge Hussain Shaheed to the High Court.

Faisal, who is the president’s representative member of the JSC, has drawn public criticism for staying on as a JSC member even as the commission decided to appoint him to the High Court.

Shaheed, who has also been appointed to the High Court, became a Criminal Court judge on January 25.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Vice President Muavviz Rasheed had also vied for the empty seats at the High Court.

The decision to take in new judges at the High Court came after two of its judges, Abdulla Didi and Abdul Ghanee Mohamed, were appointed to the Supreme Court to fill up the empty seats left by now jailed justices Abdulla Saeed and Ali Hameed.