High Court refuses to halt handover of Quran class premises to Kaala Council

The High Court of Maldives has ruled that it cannot issue an order to halt the implementation of the judgment issued by the Kaala Magistrate Court regarding the handover of the Quran class premises built by former Kaala constituency member Ibrahim Sharif to the Kaala Council. Sharif had spent MVR 4.88 million of his own funds on the building, which includes two classrooms, an office, and a kitchen on land arranged by the council. The lower court had ordered him to hand over the premises within seven days as a charitable act. Sharif appealed and sought a stay, arguing that implementation would prejudice his appeal and right to compensation. The council countered that the delay was hindering Quran teaching to residents and that handover would cause no harm to Sharif. The High Court bench, presided over by Judge Ismail Shafeeu with Judges Hussein Maidee and Abdurrauf Ibrahim, found that Sharif failed to prove greater harm from implementation than the council would face without the order, and that no urgent situation warranted a stay.