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The Maldivian Judicial Service Commission suspended three Supreme Court judges an hour before a hearing challenging constitutional amendments strengthening governmental control over the judiciary. The Maldivian parliament passed a government-backed amendment to the Judicature Act to downsize the Supreme Court bench, and the Supreme Court later suspended the hearing. The suspended judges were to hear a case regarding the suspension of controversial anti-defection clauses added to the Constitution.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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