Abdulla Mohamed, Senior Judge at the Criminal Court has said that the major criminal cases are delayed by the lack of cooperation from the government, in a press conference held last night. He also said that Government is not concerned if such cases are defeated and that government institutions has to shoulder a great share of the responsibility in failing those cases.
He also said that there is no adequate environment for the state witnesses and that the state witnesses are threatened and bought-off at times and as a result such criminal cases are defeated. He also said that the Judiciary had brought the dire situation of witness protection to the attention of the government without any success.
He also said that the court is also experiencing lack of office space and said that it had contributed to the delay in cases as well.
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