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High Court of the Maldives

ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ހައިކޯޓު / High Court of the Maldives

Reviewed· 2026-08-03Malé

The intermediate tier, with branches established outside Malé to reduce the burden of travel between atolls — a real access-to-justice constraint in an archipelago of some 187 inhabited islands.

How the court is constituted

Tier
appellate
Court type
Intermediate appellate court
Jurisdiction
Appeals from the superior courts and the magistrate courts of the atolls, and judicial review of administrative action.
Seat
Malé
Established
1979

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