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PUTRAJAYA (Feb 19): Datuk Seri Najib Razak s appeal over the dismissal of his suit against against AMMB Holdings Bhd, AmBank Islamic Bank Bhd and the bank s former customer relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping has been fixed for hearing in the Court of Appeal (COA) on June 25.
Yu s counsel Datuk Dr Gurdial Singh Nijar when contacted by theedgemarkets.com confirmed the hearing date of the appeal following case management of the case yesterday.
“The hearing of the appeal has been fixed for Friday, June 25,” he said, adding that the case management today was by COA senior assistant registrar KB Elena Hong Tze Lan.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): The High Court here will decide on March 11 whether or not to hear the full merits of a challenge filed by three opposition representatives over the emergency proclamation that has suspended the Parliament and state legislative assembly sittings.
This comes after their application for leave was heard today by High Court Justice Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid.
The three opposition representatives Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub (the Pulai Member of Parliament [MP]), Datuk Johari Abdul (Sungai Petani MP) and Dr Abdul Aziz Bari (Tebing Tinggi assemblyman) filed the challenge last month to institute a judicial review of the validity of Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021 which they want the court to declare as unconstitutional.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has today filed its notice of appeal to the High Court over the Sessions Court s decision last week to acquit lawyer Datuk Sreesanthan Eliathamby of three counts of insider trading of Sime Darby Bhd shares.
In a statement, SC said the Sessions Court acquitted Sreesanthan on Jan 11 at the end of the prosecution s case. On Jan 22 (today), the SC filed an appeal against the decision of the Sessions Court to the High Court, the statement added.
In criminal prosecutions, parties usually have 14 days to file their appeal to the upper courts.
In ordering Sreesanthan s acquittal, Sessions judge Zamri Bakar ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against the accused.