The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) today decided to withdraw its earlier decision to appoint Mohamed Raagib Ahmed — who was dismissed from his post as Deputy Minister at the Environment Ministry under this government — as a judge of the Civil Court.

When the JSC opened applications on June 21 for the appointment of three judges to the Civil Court, 42 people applied. Raagib was included as one of the selected candidates, and the three judges were scheduled to be sworn in today. However, it has been learned that after re-examining the documents relating to Raagib’s previous disciplinary cases, the commission decided not to appoint him. Accordingly, only two judges will take the oath at today’s ceremony, and information indicates that the work of appointing the third judge will be carried out later.

Raagib was serving as the magistrate for the Kaafu Atoll Judicial District at the Thulusdhoo Magistrate Court when he was dismissed from his post in 2019 after eight charges were proven against him. These included serious allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault against two female court employees, altering judicial documents, and using the influence of his position to force a young woman into a marriage against her will in a marriage case. In addition, charges of bringing a foreign woman to Thulusdhoo and engaging in conduct unbecoming of judges, as well as participating in political activities, were also proven against him at the time.

Raagib, who previously worked as a lawyer for the ruling PNC party, was dismissed from his post as Deputy Minister at the Environment Ministry of this government on 25 November 2024, after he filed a case against the state claiming that city status had been granted to G.Dh. Thinadhoo fraudulently.