At a meeting of the High Qualification Board of Judges (HQJC), the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Chechnya, Alavdin Gardaloev, suspected “signs of a crime” in the actions of his deputy Takhir Murdalov, who expressed his intention to be re-elected as deputy chairman of the Supreme Court, writes Pravo. ru ".
Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vladimir Davydov issued a positive reference regarding Murdalov, but Gardaloev refused to sign it. In addition, the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic submitted to the Higher Qualification Committee an inspection report on the financial and economic work of the court, which, according to Gardaloev, revealed serious violations.
The Chairman of the Supreme Court said that he transferred the inspection materials to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, because “Murdalov’s actions may contain signs of a crime.” The head of the Armed Forces did not say what exactly Gardaloev suspected his deputy of. He said that the most serious violations date back to the time when the court was headed by Murdalov. Gardaloev added that “procedural decisions” have already been made against two court employees. The board noted that Murdalov himself was not familiarized with the materials of the audit, so they decided to postpone the issue of extending the powers of the deputy chairman.
In October 2016, Kavkaz.Realii wrote that the speaker of the Chechen parliament, Magomed Daudov, also known by his nickname Lord, attacked Murdalov in his own office. The publication claimed that Daudov arrived at the courthouse accompanied by ten cars, and four dozen of his companions cordoned off the building. After this, Daudov went to Murdalov’s office and “began to beat the acting officer.” chairman, demanding that he write a letter of resignation for health reasons.” Murdalov refused to sign the document and then he and Daudov were also beaten by the guards.
Later, in a story for the regional television company Grozny, people who introduced themselves as eyewitnesses of Murdalov’s meeting with the Lord said that there was no conflict between the judge and the speaker and no one beat anyone. In addition, Grozny journalists called a man who introduced himself as Murdalov, who said that he denied the fact of the beating by Daudov.