Judges sought for courts in 49 islands

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has made an announcement in search of judges for magistrate courts in 49 islands.

JSC said that the announcement was made today, and that chief magistrates are being sought for 41 courts and magistrates are being sought for 8 courts.

JSC said that the deadline for submitting application forms is 14 February 2013.

The announcement states that the basic salary of magistrates is MVR18,500, and that they will receive MVR4,000 as living allowance and MVR600 as risk allowance; while the basic salary of chief magistrates is MVR21,000, and they will receive MVR4,000 as living allowance and MVR600 as risk allowance.