Usham resigns from JSC committee investigating judges

Attorney General Ahmed Usham has resigned from the Judicial Service Committee (JSC)’s committee investigating judges.

JSC has a specialized committee to review complaints against judges. The Committee is comprises of Usham, member Yamzeedh Mohamed who was recently appointed to the Committee as a representative of the President and member Ali Abdul Latheef who was appointed as representative from lawyers.

A reliable source has confirmed Usham’s resignation from the Committee to Sun.

The current administration presently stands accused of attempting to influence judges.

However, Usham, via a post on X, said ction washis as  taken against judges 56 times during the former MDP administration, while only action has been taken against judges just five times under the current administration so far. He described this “clear evidence” of the time period where influence was most exerted on judges.

The post came  after a motion has been filed with the Supreme Court seeking action against Attorney General’s Office (AG Office) for contempt of the court with regard to violation of a court order. The order pertains to the case challenging the contentious amendment to add anti-defection provisions to the Constitution.

JSC suspended three justices less than one hour before the 11:00 a.m. hearing scheduled at the Supreme Court on February 26^th regarding a request for an injunction to suspend the enforcement of controversial anti-defection clauses. 

Husnu al-Suood, who was suspended, resigned shortly after in a letter to President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu in which he raised bombshell allegations against the government.

In this regard, Suood said the Supreme Court had faced numerous pressures from the administration ever since the court established it had jurisdiction to hear a case challenging the contentious amendment to add anti-defection provisions to the Constitution.

Justice Dr. Azmiralda Zahir, who remains in suspension, also released a statement via her legal team, accusing the government of attempting to exert influence on her by leveraging the case against her husband.