Chief Magistrate of the Goidhoo Magistrate Court Ahmed Nishar has resigned after the Parliamentary Committee on Judiciary forwarded his dismissal motion to the floor.
The motion to dismiss Chief Magistrate Nishar was initiated by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for using his influence for personal gain. JSC stated he had recused himself in a case filed at the Fulhadhoo Magistrate Court, in which the defendant was involved in a business he is invested in, and later began presiding over the hearings after another judge was appointed. The commission stated that his actions had violated procedures by taking over the court case while he still had a conflict of interest.
JSC stated that Chief Magistrate Nishar began presiding over the hearings after recusing himself due to his business relationship with the defendant, in order to use his position to influence the case. Therefore, the commission requested the Parliament to dismiss the judge in accordance with the Judges Act and the JSC regulations.