progress. Under the Constitution, the Maldivian Judiciary is as independent as it has ever being, and the current Constitution established, for the first time in the history of the Maldives, a Supreme Court, and declared it the highest institution of the Maldivian Judiciary. The structure of the Judiciary is as follows: Supreme Court is the highest Court, The High Court of the Maldives. The third level in the hierarchy stand four superior courts in Male’: the Criminal Court, the Civil Court, the Family Court, the Juvenile Court the Drug Court At the fourth and the last level of the hierarchy, there are the Magistrate Courts, which are the subordinate courts. Magistrate courts are located in the administrative divisions of the atolls of the Maldives, with a Magistrate Court in each inhabited island. At the moment, there are 194 Magistrate Courts in the country. The Administrative arm of Maldives Judiciary is Department of Judicial Administration. See also History of the Maldives Politics of the Maldives Constitution of the Maldives References Law of the Maldives