Court Name: | High Court of the Maldives |
Native Name: | ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ހައިކޯޓު |
Established: | 5 October 1980 |
Authority: | Constitution of the Maldives |
Appealsto: | Supreme Court |
Appealsfrom: | Criminal Court, Civil Court, Family Court, Drug Court, Juvenile Court, Employment Tribunals and Magistrate Courts |
Terms: | Life tenure |
Positions: | 11 judges |
Budget: | MVR 170k (2024)[1] |
Language: | Dhivehi |
Website: | highcourt.gov.mv |
Chiefjudgetitle: | Chief Justice of the Maldives |
Chiefjudgename: | Ahmed Muthasim Adnan |
Termstart: | 8 December 2019 |
Location: | Theemuge, Malé, Maldives |
The High Court of the Maldives is the high court of the Republic of Maldives.[2]
On October 5, 1980, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom established a court in every island of the Maldives with the aim of increasing trust and established the High Court. The judges were appointed the day after the High Court was established. The High Court was previously the highest court in the country until the ratification of the 2008 Constitution which lead to the creation of the Supreme Court of the Maldives.[3]
Under Article 27 of the Maldives Court Act, the High Court has 11 judges:[4]