The bill to amend the Judicature Act was sponsored in parliament by Ibrahim Shareef, eventually being signed into law by president Abdulla Yameen on 11 December 2014.[4][5] The Supreme Court bench decreased from 7 to 5 judges.[6]
President Abdulla Yameen signed the second amendment into law on 17 June 2017.[7] Following the amendment, the judges of the High Court changed to 11, composing a chief judge, and 10 additional judges.[7]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih signed the third amendment on 23 July 2019.[8] Following this, the amendment overturned the first amendment and increased the Supreme Court bench back to 7 judges.[8] President Solih appointed Azmiralda Zahir and Aisha Shujoon Mohamed as the new judges.[9][10]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih signed the fourth amendment into law on 17 July 2022.[11] This amendment dissolved the North and South branches of the High Court and stipulates that all the judges will be based in Malé.[11]
On 24 February 2025, MP Abdul Sattar Mohamed proposed a new bill to remove 2 judges from the Supreme Court.[12] The bill stipulates that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will decide two judges that are removed and the parliament will either approve or deny the approval.[12] Opposition parties such as the Maldivian Democratic Party and The Democrats condemned the government and called on the government to withdraw the bill.[13] The bill was later accepted at parliament along with the parliament's Judiciary Committee.[14][15] Many lawyers had submitted a 62 signature petition against the bill and asked the government to reconsider the bill.[16] President Mohamed Muizzu sent the bill back to parliament for further reconsideration.[17]