Mohammed Shafiullah Khan (born in Fiji) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Nauru, appointed in 2014.
This was subsequent to the deportation of Resident Magistrate Peter Law and the banning from the country of expatriate Chief Justice Australian Geoffrey Eames QC.
The actions of the Nauru Government were widely condemned and assistance with funding the justice sector was withdrawn by New Zealand.
[2] In the aftermath of his removal the former Chief Justice Eames urged his replacements to maintain their “independence and courage” against political pressure from the island's government.
Judge Khan and his colleagues held the suspensions to be lawful, primarily on the basis that it was a matter for parliament to regulate its own affairs.