President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has ratified the Second Amendment to the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) Act which was passed by the parliament August 21. Upon ratification, the act has been published in the Government Gazette.
Amendments were made to the required qualifications of judiciary members, appointment of the president and vice president of JSC, meetings of JSC, establishing the office of the Department of Judicial Administration and a Judicial Academy. In addition, the amendment also includes variations to the powers of JSC or investigating committees in addition to areas for JSC to consider when deciding on an issue.
Upon ratification of the act, head of Department of Judicial Administration Dr. Abdulla Nazeer and Chancellor of Judicial Academy Ahmed Majid have lost their positions.