President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Monday appointed Judge Abdulla Areef as the new Supreme Court representative to the country's judicial watchdog.
According to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) law, the term of a member is five years, but the Supreme Court had slashed the term of its representative in the commission to two years.
Judge Ali Hameed who is Areef's predecessor has already served his two year term in the JSC.
Hameed had also served as the JSC chief and a sit-down slated for later Monday, the commission is set to elect a new chief.
