The Supreme Court opened proceedings on Wednesday on the Prosecutor General's Office appeal against the High Court's order excluding new evidence in the retrial of former President Abdulla Yameen over the Aarah Island lease case. The High Court had on 18 April quashed Yameen's 11-year sentence and ordered a retrial, and the Criminal Court's hearings remain adjourned pending the Supreme Court appeal.
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The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) filed an appeal with the Supreme Court on 24 July seeking to quash the High Court's order to exclude new evidence.
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The Supreme Court, at 9 am on Wednesday, initiated proceedings to decide on the state's appeal to reconsider the High Court decision excluding new evidence being introduced against former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom.
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The High Court, on 18 April, while quashing the 11-year jail sentence handed down to Yameen in the Aarah Island, Vaavu (V.) Atoll, lease case, had ordered the Criminal Court to retry the case.
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The result of such absence is that you have to go to Parliament [the legislature]. I do not think the result of such absence is that judges open a door not grounded in the law.
there was no provision in the Criminal Procedure Code to present counter-evidence to respond to a statement made by a witness
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while quashing the 11-year jail sentence handed down to Yameen in the Aarah Island, Vaavu (V.) Atoll, lease case
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The Criminal Court began hearing the case in August last year after the High Court ordered a retrial. However, hearings have been adjourned with the appeal in the Supreme Court currently ongoing.
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