Azmiralda case filed as no evidence of criminal act

The Prosecutor General's Office has decided not to press any charges against former Supreme Court Judge Dr. Azmiralda Zahir as there is no evidence of a criminal act.

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SC judge Dr Azmiralda Zahir appears before JSC -- Photo: Nishan Ali

Mariyath Mohamed

2026-10-08 14:15:49

The Prosecutor General's Office has decided not to press any charges against former Supreme Court Judge Dr. Azmiralda Zahir as there is no evidence of a criminal act. 

Police investigated allegations of abuse of position against Azmiralda, and forwarded the case for prosecution. 

However, a letter sent from the PG Office to police states that there is no evidence to support claims of a criminal act in the case, and hence the office has decided not to press charges. 

With this decision, the police have also now filed the case. 

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), meanwhile, are carrying out investigations against former judges. With over an year having passed since the investigation was initiated, no details have yet been disclosed. 

In addition to Azmiralda, the same allegations were made against former Supreme Court judges Mahaz Ali Zahir and Husnu Suood by the ACC, Judicial Service Commission and police. At the time, Suood resigned from the bench, while Mahaz and Azmiralda faced a probe by the JSC. 

The JSC ultimately found that the two judges have breached disciplinary standards, following which the parliament removed both from the Supreme Court bench. 

The PG Office has not yet announced whether it has reached decisions in the cases involving Suood and Mahaz. 

One of the issues the JSC looked into against Mahaz and Azmiralda concerned intimidation of a Criminal Court judge, a complaint filed by a member of public. 

In addition to this, Azmiralda was also accused of being present when High Court Assistant Registrar Hussain Mohamed Haneef was summoned to the Supreme Court, where Husnu Suood spoke to him in a demeaning manner.

The three judges were suspended just moments after an amendment to law was passed to change the Supreme Court bench from seven to five judges. 

The suspension came on a day when a hearing had been scheduled for the constitutional case around revoking an amendment stipulating MPs' seat loss due to floor crossing.