The Prosecutor General's (PG) Office has decided not to prosecute former Supreme Court Judge Mahaz Ali Zahir, as there is no evidence to deem that a criminal act was committed.

Following an investigation alleging misuse of official influence while serving as a Supreme Court judge, the matter was forwarded to the PG Office for prosecution.

The PG media official stated today that upon studying the case forwarded to the office by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) requesting criminal charges to be raised against Mahaz, it was decided not to prosecute as it could not be considered that a criminal act had been carried out in the matter.

In addition to Mahaz, the Prosecutor General's Office has also decided not to prosecute former Judge Dr. Azmiralda Zahir. Consequently, the police have informed the former judge that the case has been filed away.

Mahaz, Azmiralda, and former Judge Husnu Al Suood were suspended from their judgeships following the ACC's initiation of an investigation into this case and its notification to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). However, even when the judges were dismissed from their posts in the matter, the ACC had not questioned those figures.

The JSC, police, and ACC all accused the former three judges of misusing their official positions. Alongside those accusations, while Suood resigned, Mahaz and Azmiralda faced the JSC's investigation and responded to it.

However, the JSC concluded that those two judges had breached ethical standards. Consequently, the People's Majlis dismissed both figures from their positions.

One of the cases examined by the JSC concerning Azmiralda and Mahaz was a case submitted to the commission by an individual alleging that they had called a Criminal Court judge and intimidated them.

In addition, the matter of Azmiralda being present in a session where the High Court's Assistant Registrar, Hussain Mohamed Haneef, was summoned to the Supreme Court and then-judge Husnu Al Suood spoke to him using "harsh words" was also examined.

These three Supreme Court judges were suspended shortly after the People's Majlis passed a bill to amend the Judicature Act to reduce the Supreme Court bench from seven to five.

While a case seeking to annul the amendment brought by the Majlis to the Constitution—whereby members who leave or are dismissed from their parties lose their seats—was also ongoing in the Supreme Court, those three judges were suspended on the very day a hearing for that case had been scheduled.