A judge resigned after a house collapsed during a flood in Makhachkala.

Judge Patimat Makhatilova, who legalized a house in Makhachkala that partially collapsed during the flood, has resigned.

As reported by Kavkazsky Knot, a three-story extension to a six-story building collapsed on Aivazovsky Street in Makhachkala as a result of flooding. There were no casualties. Dagestan Head Sergei Melikov stated that the flooding in the republic's capital is related to development along the Tarnairka River.

Judge Patimat Makhatilova of the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has submitted her resignation. Tomorrow, April 10, at an extraordinary meeting of the Qualification Collegium of Judges of Dagestan, the termination of her powers will be considered, RIA Dagestan reported today.

"On April 10, 2026, at 4:00 PM, an extraordinary meeting of the Qualification Collegium of Judges of the Republic of Dagestan will be held to consider the termination of the powers of Judge Patimat Abdussamedovna Makhatilova of the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala," according to a statement on the Qualification Collegium of Judges of Dagestan's website.

A 2013 case drew attention to the judge. Then, the Soviet District Court legalized an apartment building located next to a three-story building that recently collapsed in Makhachkala.

As lawyer Arsen Magomedov reported on his Telegram channel, the building was legalized by Judge Makhatilova's decision.

"The 800-square-meter plot of land for the construction of a residential building and a store was allocated by decree of the head of the Makhachkala administration. Apparently, it was later divided into several plots and resold. The engineering and geological survey report, which stated that the site was suitable for residential construction, was prepared by Dagestangrazhdanproekt. However, the administration representative did not object to satisfying the claim," the lawyer wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to Magomedov, he also discovered that the case lacked a forensic construction expert review. Thus, this is "a very bad court decision by today's standards," he noted.

Flooding caused by heavy rains has been ongoing in the North Caucasus since the end of March, and it has become one of the most destructive in recent years. The worst damage was in Dagestan and Chechnya, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Spring Flooding in the North Caucasus - 2026." More than 6,200 people were affected by the flood in Dagestan, the head of the republic, Sergey Melikov, announced on April 7.

Six people died as a result of the flood in Dagestan. Five of them died in the village of Mamedkala in the Derbent district and its environs: a pregnant 17-year-old local resident, a 12-year-old child, a five-year-old girl and her grandmother, as well as 70-year-old Aminat Musayeva, who had been missing for three days. Earlier, on April 5, in the village of Kirki in the Kaytag District, Kistaman Mazanova, a local village council member and a resident of a house destroyed by a landslide, died.

The Caucasian Knot has compiled materials about flooding in the North Caucasus Federal District republics in the spring of 2026 on the topic page "Flooding in the North Caucasus".